U+C801 "적" Hangul Syllable Jeog Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
적
U+C801 "적" Hangul Syllable Jeog is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script used for writing the Korean language. It represents the sound "jeog" and is composed of the initial consonant jieut (ㅈ), the vowel yeo (ㅕ), and the final consonant giyeok (ㄱ) stacked into a single block. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible syllable combinations formed from Korean jamo characters. In modern Korean, "적" carries diverse meanings depending on context, commonly appearing in words like "적다" (to be few or to write down) and "적극" (active or positive), and is frequently used in both formal and everyday writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C801 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jeog |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "저" U+C800 Hangul Syllable Jeo "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 적 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 적 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA0 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC801 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C801 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc801 |