U+C8AA "좪" Hangul Syllable Jwaegg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C8AA "좪" Hangul Syllable Jwaegg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "jwaegg" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㄲ" (gg). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet in a single, precomposed form for efficient text processing and display. While this specific syllable is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, its presence in the Unicode standard ensures that any legacy or technical text requiring the exact phonetic combination "jwaegg" can be correctly represented and exchanged across digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+C8AA
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jwaegg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "좨" U+C8A8 Hangul Syllable Jwae
"ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 좪
HTML Hex Encoding 좪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA2 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC8AA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C8AA
C/C++/Java Escape \uc8aa

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