U+C874 "존" Hangul Syllable Jon Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C874 "존" Hangul Syllable Jon is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "jon" as it appears in words like "존재" (existence) or "존경" (respect). Formed from the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j), the vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (n), it occupies a specific code point in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo into single characters for efficient text processing. This character is widely used in Korean-language digital communication and text, reflecting the systematic structure of Hangul where syllables are grouped into blocks to represent distinct sounds and meanings.

General Properties

Code Point U+C874
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jon
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "조" U+C870 Hangul Syllable Jo
"ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 존
HTML Hex Encoding 존
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA1 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC874
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C874
C/C++/Java Escape \uc874

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter