U+1178 "ᅸ" Hangul Jungseong Ya-O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1178 "ᅸ" Hangul Jungseong Ya-O is a vowel symbol used in the Korean writing system, specifically representing a medial vowel sound in the Hangul alphabet. This character, classified as a Jungseong or middle vowel, is a combination of the sounds 'ya' and 'o', forming a diphthong that appears in certain Korean syllables. It is part of the Hangul Compatibility Jamo block in Unicode, which includes precomposed jamo characters historically used in older or more complex Korean orthography. While not commonly used in modern South Korean Hangul, it may be encountered in historical texts, linguistic studies, or in representing certain dialects and phonetic nuances.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1178 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong Ya-O |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᅸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᅸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x85 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1178 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001178 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1178 |