U+C889 "좉" Hangul Syllable Jot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좉
U+C889 "좉" Hangul Syllable Jot is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j) with the vowel "ㅗ" (o) and the final consonant "ㅌ" (t). This specific syllable, pronounced "jot," is not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary but appears in certain compound words or technical contexts as part of the standard Hangul set of 11,172 possible syllables defined in Unicode’s Hangul Syllables block. Its encoding allows for consistent digital representation and text processing across software and platforms, ensuring that this rarely used character retains its correct placement in Korean text handling and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C889 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jot |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC889 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C889 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc889 |