U+1165 "ᅥ" Hangul Jungseong Eo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᅥ
U+1165 "ᅥ" Hangul Jungseong Eo is a vowel component of the Korean Hangul writing system, specifically classified as a jungseong, or medial vowel, representing the sound "eo" as in the English word "gun." This character is used as a building block in the composition of modern Hangul syllables, where it can appear as a vertical or rightward element depending on its combination with initial consonants. It corresponds to the modern Korean vowel ㅓ in standard orthography and is essential for forming many common Korean words.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1165 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong Eo |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᅥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᅥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x85 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1165 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001165 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1165 |
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 | EO |
| 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 |