U+1179 "ᅹ" Hangul Jungseong Ya-Yo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᅹ
U+1179 "ᅹ" Hangul Jungseong Ya-Yo is a vowel symbol used in the Korean writing system, specifically within the extended range of Hangul syllables known as the Middle Korean or modern jamo blocks. This character represents a diphthong or compound vowel that combines the sounds of "ya" (ㅑ) and "yo" (ㅛ), though it is not used in standard modern Korean orthography. Instead, it belongs to the historical or specialized jamo repertoire, primarily appearing in linguistic studies or the transcription of archaic texts to denote a distinct phonetic quality that no longer exists in contemporary spoken Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1179 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong Ya-Yo |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᅹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᅹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x85 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1179 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001179 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1179 |