U+1183 "ᆃ" Hangul Jungseong O-U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1183 "ᆃ" Hangul Jungseong O-U is a combining vowel symbol used in the Korean writing system to represent a specific diphthongal sound, formed by the combination of the vowels "o" and "u" as part of the Hangul jamo (letters) that are combined into syllabic blocks. This character falls within the Hangul Jamo block of Unicode and is primarily used in historical or linguistic contexts, as it represents a middle vowel sound that has largely merged with other vowels in modern standard Korean. Its purpose is to provide accurate phonetic transcription of older or dialectal Korean, ensuring that the written system can precisely capture distinct vowel qualities for scholarly or specialized text representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1183 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong O-U |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᆃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᆃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x86 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1183 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001183 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1183 |