U+CA80 "쪀" Hangul Syllable Jjek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쪀
U+CA80 "쪀" Hangul Syllable Jjek is a precomposed syllable representing a single phonetic block in the modern Korean writing system. It is formed from the initial consonant "ㅉ" (a tense, double jieut sound), the vowel "ㅔ" (the e sound), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (the g or k sound), resulting in the pronunciation roughly akin to "jjek" in English. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which efficiently encodes all possible combinations of Korean initials, vowels, and finals without requiring explicit conjoining logic. As a standard precomposed form, it allows for direct textual representation in digital environments, ensuring proper rendering and searchability for Korean language content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CA80 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쪀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쪀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xAA 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCA80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CA80 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uca80 |