U+1109 "ᄉ" Hangul Choseong Sios Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᄉ
U+1109 "ᄉ" Hangul Choseong Sios is a leading consonant (choseong) in the Korean Hangul alphabet, representing the sound /s/ as in the English "sun". It is classified as a sios or sibilant consonant within the Hangul syllabic block system, where it appears at the beginning of a syllable before a vowel. This character is distinct from its final consonant (jongseong) counterpart, as it only functions in the initial position of a Hangul syllable, forming the foundation for writing syllables like 사 (sa) and 소 (so).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1109 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Choseong Sios |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᄉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᄉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x84 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1109 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001109 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1109 |