U+CB5D "쭝" Hangul Syllable Jjung Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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