U+C88D "좍" Hangul Syllable Jwag Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좍
U+C88D "좍" Hangul Syllable Jwag is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "jwag." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j) with the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa) and the final consonant "ㄱ" (g), following the block-shaped syllabic structure of Hangul. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters into single code points for efficient text processing. In practical use, "좍" appears in Korean vocabulary related to sudden or forceful actions, such as describing a sharp tearing or ripping sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C88D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jwag |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "좌" U+C88C Hangul Syllable Jwa "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC88D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C88D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc88d |