U+CB42 "쭂" Hangul Syllable Jjyoj Unicode Character
U+CB42 "쭂" Hangul Syllable Jjyoj is a specific encoded glyph in the Hangul script used for the Korean language, representing a single syllable composed of the initial consonant "jj" (a tense or fortis sound similar to the "j" in "judge" but with more tension), the vowel "yo" (like the "yo" in "yoga"), and the final consonant "j" (a soft, unreleased "j" sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains precomposed syllables formed from initial and final consonants along with a vowel, enabling efficient text processing for Korean. In modern Korean, such syllabic characters facilitate accurate representation of phonetic combinations in written Hangul, though "쭂" is relatively rare and may appear in specialized vocabulary or transliterations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CB42 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjyoj |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쬬" U+CB2C Hangul Syllable Jjyo "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쭂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쭂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xAD 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCB42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CB42 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucb42 |