U+A96C "ꥬ" Hangul Choseong Rieul-Sios Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A96C "ꥬ" Hangul Choseong Rieul-Sios is a typographic element from the Hangul Jamo Extended-A block, representing a combination of the initial consonants "rieul" (ㄹ) and "sios" (ㅅ) used as a leading sound in the Korean writing system. This Jamo, or letter, is part of the historical and modern orthography for Korean, where such complex initial consonant clusters help form syllables in the Hangeul script. Its encoding in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately preserve the phonetic and structural nuances of Hangul, allowing for proper rendering and processing in computers and digital devices.

General Properties

Code Point U+A96C
Version Added 5.2
Name Hangul Choseong Rieul-Sios
Block Hangul Jamo Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꥬ
HTML Hex Encoding ꥬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA5 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA96C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A96C
C/C++/Java Escape \ua96c

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