U+11BC "ᆼ" Hangul Jongseong Ieung Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᆼ
U+11BC "ᆼ" Hangul Jongseong Ieung is a Hangul syllable-final consonant, specifically the letter ㅇ (ieung) in the jongseong, or final consonant position, which is pronounced as the velar nasal sound [ŋ] in Korean, akin to the "ng" in the English word "song." This character is used as a building block in composing complete Hangul syllables, such as 강 (gang) or 성 (seong), where it appears at the bottom of the syllable block. Its encoding in the Unicode Hangul Jamo block allows for the correct digital representation and rendering of Korean text, preserving the phonetic and orthographic structure of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+11BC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᆼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᆼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x86 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x11BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000011BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u11bc |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Hangul T Jamo |
| Script | Hangul |
| Script Extensions | Hangul |
| Hangul Syllable Type | Trailing Jamo |
| Jamo Short Name | NG |
| 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=T |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |