U+114E "ᅎ" Hangul Choseong Chitueumcieuc Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+114E "ᅎ" Hangul Choseong Chitueumcieuc is a rare and obsolete consonant used in the Korean writing system, specifically representing a double or reinforced sound for the initial consonant "j" (similar to the English "j" sound) in the Hangul alphabet. It belongs to the Hangul Jamo block, which encodes individual letters used to form Korean syllables, and its name "Choseong" indicates its role as an initial consonant, while "Chitueumcieuc" refers to a historical or phonetic variant of the standard consonant "jieut" (ㅈ). This character is primarily utilized in linguistic or historical contexts, such as representing Middle Korean phonology or specialized academic texts, and it is not commonly encountered in modern Hangul orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+114E
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Chitueumcieuc
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᅎ
HTML Hex Encoding ᅎ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x85 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x114E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000114E
C/C++/Java Escape \u114e

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