U+C989 "즉" Hangul Syllable Jeug Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
즉
U+C989 "즉" Hangul Syllable Jeug is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "jeug" in the Korean writing system. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅈ (j) a stop or affricate sound, the vowel ㅡ (eu) a high back unrounded vowel, and the final consonant ㄱ (g) a velar stop, all combined in a single character block. This syllable appears in various Korean words and is commonly used in formal and informal writing, including in the term "즉" itself which means "namely" or "that is" in English, serving as a conjunction to clarify or specify a preceding statement.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C989 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jeug |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "즈" U+C988 Hangul Syllable Jeu "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 즉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 즉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA6 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC989 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C989 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc989 |