U+A96E "ꥮ" Hangul Choseong Rieul-Khieukh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+A96E "ꥮ" Hangul Choseong Rieul-Khieukh is a character used in the Korean Hangul writing system, specifically representing a double consonant initial sound composed of "rieul" (ㄹ) and "khieukh" (ㅋ). This character belongs to the Hangul Jamo Extended-A block, which contains syllables and initial consonant combinations from early or obsolete forms of Hangul. Historically, it was used to accurately transcribe the Korean language of the 15th century, particularly in texts where precise phonetic representation was required. Today, this character is largely archaic but remains important for scholarly work in historical linguistics and the study of classical Korean literature.
General Properties
Code Point
U+A96E
Name
Hangul Choseong Rieul-Khieukh
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ꥮ
HTML Hex Encoding
ꥮ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0xA5 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA96E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A96E
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua96e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul