U+1160 "ᅠ" Hangul Jungseong Filler Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1160 "ᅠ" Hangul Jungseong Filler is a special invisible placeholder used in the Korean writing system to indicate an empty medial vowel position within a Hangul syllable block. Its primary function is to maintain the structural integrity and consistent width of a syllable when a consonant occupies the initial (choseong) or final (jongseong) position but no actual vowel character is present. This filler allows text rendering systems to align and display incomplete or precomposed Hangul syllables properly, and it is distinct from a space character because it occupies a specific orthographic slot.

General Properties

Code Point U+1160
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Jungseong Filler
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᅠ
HTML Hex Encoding ᅠ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x85 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1160
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001160
C/C++/Java Escape \u1160

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 V Jamo
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Vowel 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=V
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter