U+116A "ᅪ" Hangul Jungseong Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+116A "ᅪ" Hangul Jungseong Wa is a vowel sign used in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the diphthong sound "wa." As a jungseong, or medial vowel, it is composed of two basic Hangul elements: the short horizontal line for the vowel "a" combined with the dot-like symbol for "w," reflecting a glide from a semivowel to a full vowel. This character does not stand alone in modern Korean text but is instead combined with initial consonants, such as "ㄱ," to form complete syllabic blocks like "과" (gwa). Its encoding in Unicode ensures that digital systems can accurately represent and process this specific Hangul component, preserving the linguistic precision of the Korean language for both historical and contemporary usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+116A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong Wa |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᅪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᅪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x85 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x116A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000116A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u116a |
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 | WA |
| 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 |