U+1172 "ᅲ" Hangul Jungseong Yu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1172 "ᅲ" Hangul Jungseong Yu is a modern hangul jamo encoding a medial vowel sound used exclusively in the Korean writing system. This specific character represents the "yu" vowel, which is pronounced with a rounded front glide similar to the English sound in the word "you." As a jungseong, or medial vowel, it is designed to combine with initial consonants and final consonants to form complete hangul syllables. When used in modern Korean orthography, it appears within syllable blocks to produce sounds like "gyu" or "hyu," contributing to the phonetic representation of many Korean words. The character is distinct from its precomposed syllable counterparts, as it functions as a standalone combining component for dynamic text processing and encoding.

General Properties

Code Point U+1172
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Jungseong Yu
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᅲ
HTML Hex Encoding ᅲ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x85 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1172
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001172
C/C++/Java Escape \u1172

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 YU
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