U+C8A3 "좣" Hangul Syllable Jwac Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C8A3 "좣" Hangul Syllable Jwac is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant “ㅈ” (j), the medial vowel “ㅘ” (wa), and the final consonant “ㅊ” (ch). It represents a specific phonetic unit within the Korean writing system, though it is not a commonly used syllable in contemporary Korean vocabulary. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllable combinations of lead consonants, vowel forms, and tail consonants according to the Unicode Standard, allowing for efficient digital representation of the Korean script.

General Properties

Code Point U+C8A3
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jwac
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
"ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 좣
HTML Hex Encoding 좣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA2 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC8A3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C8A3
C/C++/Java Escape \uc8a3

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter