U+11C9 "ᇉ" Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Thieuth Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+11C9 "ᇉ" Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Thieuth is a specific component of the Korean Hangul writing system, representing a complex final consonant cluster known as a jongseong. This character combines the sounds of the consonants Nieun (ㄴ) and Thieuth (ㅌ) into a single trailing syllable block character, which in modern Korean orthography has become largely obsolete or is used only in very limited or historical contexts. Unlike more common jongseong characters that appear in contemporary Korean, U+11C9 serves as a typographic and linguistic artifact of how Old and Middle Korean phonology was encoded in the original 15th century Hunminjeongeum system.

General Properties

Code Point U+11C9
Version Added 1.1
Name Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Thieuth
Block Hangul Jamo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᇉ
HTML Hex Encoding ᇉ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x87 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0x11C9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000011C9
C/C++/Java Escape \u11c9

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 T Jamo
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Trailing 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=T
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter