U+C883 "좃" Hangul Syllable Jos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좃
U+C883 "좃" Hangul Syllable Jos is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used in the Korean language. It represents the phonetic sound "jos," formed by combining the initial consonant j (ㅈ), the vowel o (ㅗ), and the final consonant s (ㅅ). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character enables the accurate digital representation of Korean text, where such syllables are fundamental building blocks of written vocabulary. While it may appear in standard Korean words or place names, its usage is less common than more frequent syllables like "조" or "좋," and it is not typically associated with any special cultural or symbolic meaning outside of general linguistic function.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C883 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jos |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC883 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C883 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc883 |