U+1144 "ᅄ" Hangul Choseong Ieung-Pieup Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1144 "ᅄ" Hangul Choseong Ieung-Pieup is a distinct precomposed syllable-initial consonant cluster in the Hangul writing system, representing a combination of the leading sounds ㅇ (ieung) and ㅂ (pieup), with the pieup component often taking on a tensed pronunciation when used in formed syllables. This character originated from the medieval Korean script and is occasionally employed in modern contexts to transcribe specific hanja readings or to write certain dialectal or archaic pronunciations, though its use has become rarer in contemporary standard Korean due to normalization of simpler consonant clusters. The character remains part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, preserving historical orthographic forms for linguistic and digital text preservation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1144
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Ieung-Pieup
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᅄ
HTML Hex Encoding ᅄ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x85 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1144
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001144
C/C++/Java Escape \u1144

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