U+C9E8 "짨" Hangul Syllable Jjals Unicode Character
U+C9E8 "짨" Hangul Syllable Jjals is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "jj" (double "j" sound), the vowel "a," and the final consonant "ls" (a double consonant cluster pronounced as a tensed "l" sound followed by an "s" or "t" sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, encoding the entire syllable as a single code point for efficient text processing and display. Like other precomposed Hangul syllables, "짨" is used in Korean language texts to write words or morphemes that require this specific sound combination, though it is a relatively rare syllable found primarily in specialized vocabulary or poetic contexts rather than everyday speech.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C9E8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjals |
| 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 "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 짨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 짨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xA7 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC9E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C9E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc9e8 |