U+C874 "존" Hangul Syllable Jon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
존
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 |