U+110F "ᄏ" Hangul Choseong Khieukh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+110F "ᄏ" Hangul Choseong Khieukh is a component of the Hangul writing system for the Korean language, representing the initial consonant sound of the letter "ㅋ" (kieuk), which is aspirated and corresponds to a "k" sound with a strong burst of air, similar to the "k" in the English word "kite." This character belongs to the "Hangul Jamo" block of Unicode, specifically classified as a leading or initial consonant (choseong) that combines with vowel and final consonant jamo to form complete Hangul syllables. It plays a critical role in Korean orthography, appearing at the start of syllables such as in "키" (ki, meaning "height" or "key"), and serves as a fundamental building block for writing modern and historical Korean text in digital environments, ensuring precise representation of the Korean phonemic inventory.

General Properties

Code Point U+110F
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Khieukh
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᄏ
HTML Hex Encoding ᄏ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x84 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x110F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000110F
C/C++/Java Escape \u110f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul L Jamo
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Leading Jamo
Jamo Short Name K
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=L
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter