U+1154 "ᅔ" Hangul Choseong Chitueumchieuch Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1154 "ᅔ" Hangul Choseong Chitueumchieuch is a rare and archaic jamo, or alphabetic letter, used in the Korean Hangul writing system specifically to represent an initial consonant sound. This character belongs to the category of "choseong" or leading consonants, and its name "Chitueumchieuch" indicates a particular articulatory feature, likely denoting a tensed or fortis sound related to the modern Korean consonant "ㅊ" (chieuch). Historically, it appears in older or obsolete forms of Hangul and may be found in scholarly linguistic texts or digital typography that aim to preserve the full historical set of Korean phonemes. Its encoding in Unicode ensures that this ancient writing element remains accessible for academic study, historical reenactment, or precise phonetic transcription where traditional Hangul orthography is insufficient.

General Properties

Code Point U+1154
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Chitueumchieuch
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᅔ
HTML Hex Encoding ᅔ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x85 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1154
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001154
C/C++/Java Escape \u1154

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