U+C988 "즈" Hangul Syllable Jeu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
즈
U+C988 "즈" Hangul Syllable Jeu is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed from the initial consonant ㅈ (jieut) and the vowel ㅡ (eu), representing the sound "jeu" as in the English word "jazz" but with a short, neutral vowel. It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters into single code points for efficient text processing. This syllable commonly appears in Korean vocabulary, such as in the word "음악을 즐기다" (to enjoy music), and its correct rendering requires a font that supports the Korean script, ensuring proper alignment and visual harmony between the consonant and vowel components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C988 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jeu |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄌ" U+110C Hangul Choseong Cieuc "ᅳ" U+1173 Hangul Jungseong Eu |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 즈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 즈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA6 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC988 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C988 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc988 |