U+C9E5 "짥" Hangul Syllable Jjalg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C9E5 "짥" Hangul Syllable Jjalg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "jj" (ㅉ), the medial vowel "a" (ㅏ), and the final consonant cluster "lg" (ㄺ). This syllable is formed algorithmically within the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes 11,172 syllables in a systematic order based on their initial, medial, and final components. As part of standard Korean typography, "짥" is used in written Korean to express specific lexical items, such as the adjective "짧다" meaning "short," though the standalone syllable typically appears in conjugated or derived forms within sentences.

General Properties

Code Point U+C9E5
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjalg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "짜" U+C9DC Hangul Syllable Jja
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 짥
HTML Hex Encoding 짥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA7 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC9E5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C9E5
C/C++/Java Escape \uc9e5

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