U+A963 "ꥣ" Hangul Choseong Tikeut-Cieuc Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A963 "ꥣ" Hangul Choseong Tikeut-Cieuc is a modern typographic element used in the representation of the Korean writing system, specifically belonging to the Hangul Jamo Extended-A block. It encodes a composite initial consonant cluster, formed by combining the sounds of "tikeut" (representing the Korean consonant ᄃ) and "cieuc" (representing ᄌ), which corresponds phonetically to a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate sound. This character is not found in standard modern Hangul but is part of a set of jamo (letters) designed for historical or specialized linguistic transcription, including the notation of Middle Korean or dialectal pronunciations. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for precise digital representation of such phonetic details, supporting scholarly work and preserving the full range of Korean phonological history.

General Properties

Code Point U+A963
Version Added 5.2
Name Hangul Choseong Tikeut-Cieuc
Block Hangul Jamo Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꥣ
HTML Hex Encoding ꥣ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA5 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA963
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A963
C/C++/Java Escape \ua963

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 L Jamo
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Leading 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=L
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter