U+C8C1 "죁" Hangul Syllable Jwaet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
죁
U+C8C1 "죁" Hangul Syllable Jwaet is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "jwaet," which combines the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㅌ" (t). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in written Korean for words or morphemes that require that specific syllabic sound, though it is relatively rare in everyday contemporary Korean vocabulary compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms and devices, preserving the typographic integrity of the Korean script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C8C1 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jwaet |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 죁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 죁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA3 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC8C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C8C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc8c1 |