U+1161 "ᅡ" Hangul Jungseong A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᅡ
U+1161 "ᅡ" Hangul Jungseong A is a leading vowel component in the Korean writing system known as Hangul, representing the open-mid back unrounded vowel sound /a/. As a "jungseong" or medial vowel, it is not used as a standalone character but is instead combined vertically with initial consonants to form complete syllabic blocks, such as 가 (ga) or 다 (da). This character belongs to the Hangul Jamo block of Unicode, which encodes the individual phonetic elements that pre-composed Hangul syllables are built from, ensuring that the script's alphabetic nature can be digitally processed and displayed correctly.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1161 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong A |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᅡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᅡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x85 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1161 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001161 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1161 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Hangul V Jamo |
| Script | Hangul |
| Script Extensions | Hangul |
| Hangul Syllable Type | Vowel Jamo |
| Jamo Short Name | A |
| 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=V |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |