U+111C "ᄜ" Hangul Choseong Mieum-Pieup Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+111C "ᄜ" Hangul Choseong Mieum-Pieup is a modern consonant cluster used in the Korean writing system, representing a syllable initial double consonant combination of the sounds for 'm' (mieum) and 'p' (pieup). This character is part of the Hangul Jamo Unicode block, which encodes individual jamo components that can be combined to form full Hangul syllables. It was added to the standard to support the accurate representation of Korean text, particularly in scholarly or technical contexts where such composite initial consonants appear. The character is not commonly used in standard modern Korean but is essential for encoding historical or linguistic materials.

General Properties

Code Point U+111C
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Mieum-Pieup
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᄜ
HTML Hex Encoding ᄜ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x84 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x111C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000111C
C/C++/Java Escape \u111c

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
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