U+C8A5 "좥" Hangul Syllable Jwat Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C8A5 "좥" Hangul Syllable Jwat is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used in the Korean language to represent the phonetic sound "jwat". This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅈ (jieut), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa), and the final consonant ㅌ (tieut). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it allows for efficient text encoding and display of Korean writing, which organizes syllables into blocks of individual jamo characters. Because it is a precomposed form, it is widely supported in digital environments, facilitating accurate representation of Korean text without requiring separate combination logic.

General Properties

Code Point U+C8A5
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jwat
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
"ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 좥
HTML Hex Encoding 좥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA2 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC8A5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C8A5
C/C++/Java Escape \uc8a5

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