U+CA79 "쩹" Hangul Syllable Jjeb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CA79 "쩹" Hangul Syllable Jjeb is a single syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "쩌" (a tensed double j sound, romanized as jj) and the final consonant "ㅂ" (b). This character is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible precomposed syllables of the Korean alphabet, and it was added to the standard to support the accurate digital representation of the Korean language. In practical usage, "쩹" is a rare or obsolete syllable in contemporary Korean, appearing primarily in specialized vocabulary or historical texts rather than in common everyday speech or writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+CA79
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Jjeb
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
"ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쩹
HTML Hex Encoding 쩹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xA9 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCA79
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CA79
C/C++/Java Escape \uca79

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