U+C99F "즟" Hangul Syllable Jeuc Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C99F "즟" Hangul Syllable Jeuc is a precomposed syllable representing the sound "jeuc" in the Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant ㅈ (j) and the vowel ㅡ (eu) with the final consonant ㅊ (ch). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which was added to the Unicode standard to efficiently encode the vast number of possible syllable blocks in modern and historical Korean text. As a precomposed form, "즟" allows for straightforward text processing and display, ensuring that this specific phonetic unit is represented as a single character rather than requiring dynamic combination of its individual jamo components. This syllable is relatively rare in modern Korean, with few common words containing it, and it primarily serves to preserve the full orthographic inventory of the language for academic, historical, or specialized usage.

General Properties

Code Point U+C99F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jeuc
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
"ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 즟
HTML Hex Encoding 즟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA6 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC99F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C99F
C/C++/Java Escape \uc99f

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