U+C8A4 "좤" Hangul Syllable Jwak Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좤
U+C8A4 "좤" Hangul Syllable Jwak is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic value "jwak" as a combination of the initial consonant j (ㅈ), the vowel wa (ㅘ), and the final consonant k (ㄱ). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of the Unicode standard, which encompasses 11,172 precomposed syllables that systematically cover all possible phonetic combinations in the Korean alphabet. This specific character is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as "jwak" is not a common syllable in everyday words, but it remains a valid part of the script for encoding purposes, ensuring that all theoretically possible Korean syllables can be represented digitally.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C8A4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jwak |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC8A4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C8A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc8a4 |