U+C9C9 "짉" Hangul Syllable Jilg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C9C9 "짉" Hangul Syllable Jilg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "jilg." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (jieut), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant cluster "ㄺ" (rieul-giyeok), which together produce a single syllabic block. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was designed to encode all 11,172 possible syllables of standard Hangul, allowing for efficient text representation and processing in digital environments. As a relatively rare syllable, 짉 is used in specific Korean vocabulary where the final consonant cluster appears, contributing to the precise phonetic range of the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+C9C9
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jilg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "지" U+C9C0 Hangul Syllable Ji
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 짉
HTML Hex Encoding 짉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA7 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC9C9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C9C9
C/C++/Java Escape \uc9c9

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