U+C9F8 "째" Hangul Syllable Jjae Unicode Character

U+C9F8 "째" Hangul Syllable Jjae is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "jjae" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅉ (jj) and the vowel ㅐ (ae). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all 11,172 possible syllable blocks in the standard Korean alphabet. In written Korean, "째" is commonly used as a suffix to indicate ordinal numbers, such as 첫째 (first) or 둘째 (second), and also appears in words like 째 (meaning a sharp, grating sound or whine) or 째다 (to split or crack). Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and typing across platforms, enabling accurate communication in the Korean language.