U+CB5D "쭝" Hangul Syllable Jjung Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쭝
U+CB5D "쭝" Hangul Syllable Jjung is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system Hangul, specifically representing the sound "jjung" which combines the initial consonant "jj" (a tensed 'j' sound) with the medial vowel "u" and the final consonant "ng". This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode and is formed algorithmically through the standard Korean syllable composition process, where individual jamo (letters) are combined into a single, encoded character for efficient text processing and display. While not among the most frequently used syllables in everyday Korean, "쭝" appears in certain vocabulary and is a valid representation of a distinct phonetic unit within the language's sound inventory.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CB5D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Jjung |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쭝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쭝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xAD 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCB5D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CB5D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucb5d |