U+1162 "ᅢ" Hangul Jungseong Ae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᅢ
U+1162 "ᅢ" Hangul Jungseong Ae is a vowel component used in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "ae" as in the English word "cat." This character is classified as a Jungseong, or medial vowel, in the standard Hangul syllable block structure, where it combines with initial consonants and optional final consonants to form complete syllables. In modern Korean, "ᅢ" appears in many common words and is distinct from its counterpart "ᅤ," which denotes the diphthong "yae." As part of Unicode's Hangul Jamo block, this character enables consistent digital representation and text processing for the Korean language across global computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1162 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong Ae |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᅢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᅢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x85 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1162 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001162 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1162 |
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 | AE |
| 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 |