U+11A4 "ᆤ" Hangul Jungseong Ya-U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᆤ
U+11A4 "ᆤ" Hangul Jungseong Ya-U is a vowel letter in the Hangul script used for the Korean language, specifically representing the diphthong composed of the sounds "ya" and "u" gliding together. This character is classified as a jungseong, or medial vowel, and appears as a combining mark that modifies the pronunciation of a preceding consonant to form a complete syllable in the Korean writing system. Unlike standalone whole syllable blocks, U+11A4 functions as a typographic component in the Unicode standard within the Hangul Jamo range, supporting the encoding of both modern and historical Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11A4 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong Ya-U |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᆤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᆤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x86 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x11A4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000011A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u11a4 |