U+3205 "㈅" Parenthesized Hangul Pieup Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
㈅
U+3205 "㈅" Parenthesized Hangul Pieup is a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) compatibility ideograph that represents the Korean consonant “Pieup” (ㅍ) enclosed within a pair of parentheses. This character is part of a larger set of parenthesized Korean alphabet letters used in East Asian typography, often as a formatting or labeling device. It originates from the Korean standard KS X 1001, which includes these enclosed hangul forms for use in contexts like lists, annotations, or educational materials where a compact, visually distinct representation of individual consonants is desired.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+3205 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Hangul Pieup |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Parenthesized Hangul Bieub |
| Block | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis "ᄇ" U+1107 Hangul Choseong Pieup ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㈅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㈅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x88 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x3205 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00003205 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u3205 |