U+C89D "좝" Hangul Syllable Jwab Unicode Character
U+C89D "좝" Hangul Syllable Jwab is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "jwab." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (b), following the standard syllabic block structure of Hangul. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial, medial, and final letters to facilitate digital text processing. While "좝" is not a common word in contemporary Korean vocabulary, its inclusion in Unicode highlights the comprehensive coverage of the script, ensuring that even rare or theoretical syllables can be accurately represented and displayed across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C89D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jwab |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC89D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C89D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc89d |