U+1152 "ᅒ" Hangul Choseong Chieuch-Khieukh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1152 "ᅒ" Hangul Choseong Chieuch-Khieukh is a specialized component of the Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing an initial consonant cluster that combines the sounds of 'chieuch' (similar to the English 'ch') and 'khieukh' (a velar 'k' sound). This character belongs to the Hangul Jamo block, which encodes individual letters or syllabic components rather than complete syllables, and it specifically serves as an archaic or obsolete initial consonant cluster that appears in historical texts or linguistic notations. As a precomposed jamo, it was used in Middle Korean to represent a distinct phonetic value that has since merged with other sounds in modern Korean, making it primarily of interest to scholars studying the language's historical development and orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+1152
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Chieuch-Khieukh
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᅒ
HTML Hex Encoding ᅒ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x85 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1152
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001152
C/C++/Java Escape \u1152

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