U+C884 "좄" Hangul Syllable Joss Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좄
U+C884 "좄" Hangul Syllable Joss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "joss" by combining the initial consonant ㅈ (jieut, sounding like "j") with the vowel ㅗ (o, a mid-back rounded vowel) and the final consonant ㅅ (siot, a voiceless "s"). In Korean linguistic structure, it is categorized as a valid syllable block, though it appears to be an infrequently used or archaic character, as it is not commonly found in standard modern Korean vocabulary or common texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures digital representation and interoperability for historical, technical, or specialized linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C884 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Joss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC884 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C884 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc884 |