U+CA5F "쩟" Hangul Syllable Jjeos Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CA5F "쩟" Hangul Syllable Jjeos is a single syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, composed of the initial consonant "jjeo" (ㅉ with a vowel component) and the final consonant "s" (ㅅ), resulting in the phonetic value /t͡ɕ͈ʌt̚/. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character represents a distinct lexical unit used in written Korean, often appearing in words or expressions that require this specific sound combination. It is encoded as a precomposed syllable for efficient text processing, allowing computers and digital systems to display and handle it as a single character rather than combining individual jamo components.

General Properties

Code Point U+CA5F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjeos
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쩌" U+CA4C Hangul Syllable Jjeo
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쩟
HTML Hex Encoding 쩟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA9 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCA5F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CA5F
C/C++/Java Escape \uca5f

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