U+1159 "ᅙ" Hangul Choseong Yeorinhieuh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1159 "ᅙ" Hangul Choseong Yeorinhieuh is a letter used in the Korean writing system, Hangul, to represent a specific initial consonant sound known as the "light hieuh" or "yeorinhieuh." Unlike the standard hieuh (ㅎ), which has a more pronounced aspiration, this character indicates a weaker, breathy articulation at the beginning of a syllable and is historically associated with the transcription of certain Middle Korean or dialectal sounds. It belongs to the Hangul Jamo block and is typically employed in linguistic or academic contexts to accurately denote phonetic variations, making it a specialized but important element for precise representation of Korean phonology.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1159
Name
Hangul Choseong Yeorinhieuh
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ᅙ
HTML Hex Encoding
ᅙ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x85 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1159
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001159
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1159
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul