U+CA78 "쩸" Hangul Syllable Jjem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CA78 "쩸" Hangul Syllable Jjem is a combined character in the modern Hangul writing system, representing the syllable "jjem" which is composed of the initial consonant ㅉ (jj), the medial vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅁ (m). It is encoded in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which assigns a unique code point to every possible syllable formed from the Korean alphabet. While this specific syllable is not commonly used in standard Korean vocabulary, it exists as a valid phonetic combination within the language's orthographic rules. This character helps ensure that all theoretically possible Hangul syllables are digitally representable, supporting comprehensive text processing and rendering for the Korean language.

General Properties

Code Point U+CA78
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjem
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쩨" U+CA68 Hangul Syllable Jje
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쩸
HTML Hex Encoding 쩸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA9 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCA78
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CA78
C/C++/Java Escape \uca78

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