U+C8AD "좭" Hangul Syllable Jwaenj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좭
U+C8AD "좭" Hangul Syllable Jwaenj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (jieut), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㄵ" (njieut). This specific syllable represents the sound "jwaenj," though it is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the accurate digital representation of historical or specialized Korean texts, ensuring that even uncommon syllable combinations are preserved for linguistic documentation and typographic consistency.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C8AD |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jwaenj |
| 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 "ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC8AD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C8AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc8ad |