U+118F "ᆏ" Hangul Jungseong Yu-Eo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+118F "ᆏ" Hangul Jungseong Yu-Eo is a Hangul syllable component representing a medial vowel sound, specifically a combination of the vowels “yu” (ㅠ) and “eo” (ㅓ) used in the Korean writing system. This character, classified as a Jungseong or medial vowel, does not stand alone as a complete syllable but rather combines with initial consonants and optional final consonants to form full Hangul blocks, as seen in older or dialectal Korean orthography. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation for historical texts, linguistic studies, and any contemporary use requiring this specific vowel cluster.

General Properties

Code Point U+118F
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Jungseong Yu-Eo
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᆏ
HTML Hex Encoding ᆏ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x86 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x118F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000118F
C/C++/Java Escape \u118f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
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
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