U+115F "ᅟ" Hangul Choseong Filler Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+115F "ᅟ" Hangul Choseong Filler is a special invisible character used in the Korean writing system to represent a missing or empty initial consonant in a Hangul syllable block. It ensures proper syllabic formatting and spacing when a vowel, which typically requires a preceding consonant placeholder in modern Hangul, appears alone as the first character in a syllable. This filler is particularly important for legacy text processing and typographic correctness, as it maintains the structural integrity of syllable blocks without introducing a visible glyph.

General Properties

Code Point U+115F
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Choseong Filler
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᅟ
HTML Hex Encoding ᅟ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x85 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x115F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000115F
C/C++/Java Escape \u115f

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
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
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
Default Ignorable Code Point Yes
Other Default Ignorable Code Point Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=L
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter