U+C8E9 "죩" Hangul Syllable Jyolg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C8E9 "죩" Hangul Syllable Jyolg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant j (ㅈ), the medial vowel yo (ㅛ), and the final consonant cluster lg (ㄺ). This specific syllable, pronounced as "jyolg," represents a single, indivisible character that encodes the complete phonetic unit of a Korean syllable, allowing for efficient text processing and display. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it reflects the systematic nature of the Korean alphabet, where individual jamo letters are assembled into syllabic blocks, and this character serves as a valid, though rare, element in Korean orthography for representing specific lexical items or morphological forms.

General Properties

Code Point U+C8E9
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jyolg
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
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 죩
HTML Hex Encoding 죩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA3 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC8E9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C8E9
C/C++/Java Escape \uc8e9

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter