U+A96F "ꥯ" Hangul Choseong Mieum-Kiyeok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A96F "ꥯ" Hangul Choseong Mieum-Kiyeok is a rare and historic glyph from the Korean writing system, representing a digraph or compound initial consonant used in the transcription of medieval Korean phonology. Specifically, this character encodes a single leading sound that combines the bilabial nasal /m/ (mieum) and the velar stop /k/ (kiyeok), reflecting an archaic pronunciation that does not occur in modern standard Korean. It belongs to the Hangul Jamo Extended-A block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support scholarly and linguistic work on Old and Middle Korean texts, where such complex onset clusters were faithfully recorded. While virtually obsolete in contemporary usage, this character is essential for accurately representing historical manuscripts and linguistic reconstructions.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꥯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꥯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0xA5 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA96F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A96F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua96f |
Unicode Properties