U+C8A6 "좦" Hangul Syllable Jwap Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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