U+C8E2 "죢" Hangul Syllable Jyogg Unicode Character
U+C8E2 "죢" Hangul Syllable Jyogg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "j" (ㅈ), the medial vowel "yo" (ㅛ), and the final double consonant "gg" (ㄲ). This specific syllable is not among the most commonly used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as its occurrence is relatively rare outside of specialized or historical contexts. As a precomposed character, it allows for more efficient text processing and display in digital environments, ensuring that the combined glyph appears correctly across different software and platforms. Its existence within the Unicode standard reflects the comprehensive encoding of the full set of 11,172 possible Hangul syllables, which was a requirement for accurate representation of the Korean language in computing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C8E2 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jyogg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "죠" U+C8E0 Hangul Syllable Jyo "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 죢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 죢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA3 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC8E2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C8E2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc8e2 |