U+C979 "쥹" Hangul Syllable Jyult Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C979 "쥹" Hangul Syllable Jyult is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing Korean. It is formed by combining the initial consonant jieut (ㅈ), the vowel yu (ㅠ), and the final consonant tikeut (ㅌ), representing the phonetic syllable "jyult" as pronounced in standard South Korean usage. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, which encodes all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet, allowing for efficient text representation. While not a common word in everyday vocabulary, "쥹" is a valid orthographic form that appears in specialized or literary contexts, and it reflects the systematic and modular nature of the Hangul writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+C979
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jyult
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쥬" U+C96C Hangul Syllable Jyu
"ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쥹
HTML Hex Encoding 쥹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA5 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC979
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C979
C/C++/Java Escape \uc979

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