U+CB4A "쭊" Hangul Syllable Jjugg Unicode Character
U+CB4A "쭊" Hangul Syllable Jjugg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "jjugg" as a single glyph. It is formed from the initial consonant 쭈 (a tense, doubled version of the basic 'j' sound) and the final consonant ㄲ (a tense 'g/k' sound), making it a closed syllable. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all 11,172 possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants. While relatively rare in common Korean vocabulary, it can appear in onomatopoeic words or informal expressions, such as 쭊쭊 (used to mimic the sound of sucking or chewing). Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and text processing for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CB4A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjugg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쭈" U+CB48 Hangul Syllable Jju "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쭊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쭊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xAD 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCB4A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CB4A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucb4a |