U+C9DB "짛" Hangul Syllable Jih Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C9DB "짛" Hangul Syllable Jih is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "jih" as it appears in the modern Korean writing system. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅈ" (jieut), the vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (hieut). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded as a single precomposed form to facilitate efficient text handling and display, rather than being dynamically composed from individual jamo characters. This specific syllable is not a common word in everyday Korean usage but remains a valid and defined character within the standard’s comprehensive coverage of all possible Hangul syllable combinations.

General Properties

Code Point U+C9DB
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jih
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
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 짛
HTML Hex Encoding 짛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA7 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC9DB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C9DB
C/C++/Java Escape \uc9db

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