U+111E "ᄞ" Hangul Choseong Pieup-Kiyeok Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+111E "ᄞ" Hangul Choseong Pieup-Kiyeok is a precomposed Hangul initial consonant cluster used in the Korean writing system, representing the combination of the consonants pieup (ㅍ) and kiyeok (ㄱ) as a single syllabic onset. This character is part of the Hangul Compatibility Jamo block, specifically designed to represent an archaic or specialized double consonant sound that appears in historical or dialectal Korean. Its composition allows for the accurate rendering of a complex initial sound without separating the two consonants into distinct jamo, facilitating both typographic consistency and precise linguistic representation in digital text.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᄞ
HTML Hex Encoding ᄞ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x84 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x111E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000111E
C/C++/Java Escape \u111e

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