U+C8BB "좻" Hangul Syllable Jwaes Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
좻
U+C8BB "좻" Hangul Syllable Jwaes is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, specifically formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (s). This character represents a phonetic syllable used in the Korean language, though it is relatively rare in contemporary vocabulary and is more often encountered in historical texts or as part of specialized linguistic transcriptions. As a defined entry in Unicode's Hangul Syllables block, it serves the purpose of encoding Korean text accurately alongside tens of thousands of other precomposed syllables, ensuring that digital systems can represent and process the full range of written Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C8BB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jwaes |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 좻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 좻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA2 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC8BB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C8BB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc8bb |