U+A966 "ꥦ" Hangul Choseong Rieul-Tikeut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꥦ
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 |