U+C8A6 "좦" Hangul Syllable Jwap Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좦
U+C8A6 "좦" Hangul Syllable Jwap is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "jwap" (IPA: /tɕwap/). It is constructed by combining the initial consonant ㅈ (jieut, representing a "j" sound), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa, a diphthong of "o" and "a"), and the final consonant ㅍ (pieup, representing a "p" sound). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded for use in modern Korean text, though it corresponds to a relatively rare or artificial syllable not commonly found in everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in the standard ensures complete coverage of all possible syllable combinations in the Korean alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C8A6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jwap |
| 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 "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC8A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C8A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc8a6 |