U+C8C9 "죉" Hangul Syllable Joenj Unicode Character
U+C8C9 "죉" Hangul Syllable Joenj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅈ" (j), the medial vowel "ㅚ" (oe), and the final consonant "ㄵ" (nj), which together produce the sound "joenj." It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, a range that encodes all possible syllable blocks formed by the Korean alphabet, and its inclusion allows for the digital representation of this specific syllable in text processing, web content, and typography within Unicode‑compliant systems. While "죉" is a valid and formally recognized syllable, it is considered rare in actual Korean vocabulary, primarily appearing in specialized or historical contexts rather than in everyday language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C8C9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Joenj |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "죄" U+C8C4 Hangul Syllable Joe "ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 죉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 죉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA3 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC8C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C8C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc8c9 |