Hangul Compatibility Jamo

Hangul Compatibility Jamo
RangeU+3130..U+318F
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsHangul
Major alphabetsHangul
Assigned94 code points
Unused2 reserved code points
Source standardsKS X 1001 (formerly KS C 5601)
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)94 (+94)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
Hangul Compatibility Jamo block in Unicode

Hangul Compatibility Jamo is a Unicode block containing Hangul characters for compatibility with the South Korean national standard KS X 1001 (formerly KS C 5601). Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was Hangul Elements.[3]

The Hangul Compatibility Jamo block represents consonants in initial and final position with the same codepoints, while the Hangul Jamo block assigns them separate codepoints. [4]

Block

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Hangul Compatibility Jamo[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+313x
U+314x
U+315x
U+316x   HF  
U+317x
U+318x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Hangul Compatibility Jamo block:

References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium.
  4. ^ "Introduction to Hangul Representation in Unicode — jamo 0.4-beta documentation".

See also

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