U+A966 "ꥦ" Hangul Choseong Rieul-Tikeut Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A966 "ꥦ" Hangul Choseong Rieul-Tikeut is a character from the Hangul Jamo Extended-A block, representing an initial consonant cluster (choseong) in the Korean writing system that combines the sounds of the Korean consonants "rieul" (ㄹ) and "tikeut" (ㄷ). This character is used in historical or specialized linguistic contexts to denote a single syllable-initial consonant cluster, contributing to the representation of complex sounds in Middle Korean or phonetic transcription. As a non-standard modern Hangul jamo, it aids in the accurate digital encoding of older or dialectal Korean texts where such initial consonant combinations occur.

General Properties

Code Point U+A966
Version Added 5.2
Name Hangul Choseong Rieul-Tikeut
Block Hangul Jamo Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꥦ
HTML Hex Encoding ꥦ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA5 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA966
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A966
C/C++/Java Escape \ua966

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