U+D7C6 "ퟆ" Hangul Jungseong Araea-E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D7C6 "ퟆ" Hangul Jungseong Araea-E is a modern addition to the Hangul syllable block, representing a vowel component known as a jungseong in the Korean writing system. Specifically, it encodes the "araea-e" vowel, a historical and largely obsolete sound that was used in early forms of Korean, particularly in the 15th century during the creation of Hangul under King Sejong. This character was introduced through Unicode to support scholarly and linguistic work, as it allows for the accurate representation of Middle Korean texts that contain this distinct vowel, which is pronounced with a lower tongue position than the modern "a" or "eo". Despite its limited practical use in contemporary Korean, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that historical documents and linguistic studies can be faithfully preserved and digitally processed.

General Properties

Code Point U+D7C6
Version Added 5.2
Name Hangul Jungseong Araea-E
Block Hangul Jamo Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ퟆ
HTML Hex Encoding ퟆ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x9F 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD7C6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D7C6
C/C++/Java Escape \ud7c6

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 V Jamo
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Vowel 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=V
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter