U+C814 "젔" Hangul Syllable Jeoss Unicode Character
U+C814 "젔" Hangul Syllable Jeoss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed from the initial consonant ㅈ (jieut), the vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant cluster ㅆ (ssang shiot), which when combined create the sound "jeoss." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block (AC00-D7AF) in Unicode, which contains all 11,172 possible phonetically valid syllable blocks for modern Korean. In practical use, "젔" appears in Korean text as a single glyph representing that specific syllable, typically seen in words like "젔습니ķ라?" (a misspelling or dialectal variation of "있었습니다?" meaning "was there?"), though it is not a common everyday syllable and is more often encountered in specific vocabulary or older typographic contexts. The inclusion of this syllable in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent the full range of Korean syllabic combinations without requiring manual decomposition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C814 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jeoss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 젔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 젔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA0 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC814 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C814 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc814 |