U+C923 "줣" Hangul Syllable Jweolb Unicode Character
U+C923 "줣" Hangul Syllable Jweolb is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing a sound block formed from the initial consonant 'ㅈ' (jieut), the medial vowel 'ㅝ' (weo), and the final consonant 'ㄼ' (rieul bieup). It is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Hangul Syllables block, which was introduced to efficiently represent the large number of possible syllable combinations in Korean without requiring dynamic composition from individual jamo characters. As a relatively rare or specialized syllable, "줣" is a valid but infrequently used character in contemporary Korean text, primarily found in historical or technical linguistic contexts rather than everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all legally possible Hangul syllable combinations have a consistent digital representation across platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C923 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jweolb |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "줘" U+C918 Hangul Syllable Jweo "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 줣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 줣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA4 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC923 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C923 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc923 |