Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok Letter
ᄁ (Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok) is a Korean leading consonant jamo used in Hangul syllable construction.
U+1101
ᄁ is a Hangul choseong jamo used as the initial consonant in Hangul syllables. It’s part of the Unicode Hangul Jamo block and is commonly needed when working with Korean text at the character level. Use it for typography, text rendering, or correct decomposition/processing of syllables.
Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok Letter Meaning
ᄁ is “HANGUL CHOSEONG SSANGKIYEOK” (Unicode U+1101), which represents a double “g/k” style consonant sound as an initial (leading) jamo. In Hangul writing, consonant jamo like this one combine with vowels to form complete syllables. You’ll encounter ᄁ when software stores or manipulates Hangul at the jamo level (for example, during normalization, decomposition, or font/typography tasks). Its practical meaning is therefore positional: it marks the initial consonant component of a syllable rather than standing alone like a full standalone letter.
Common uses
- •Creating Hangul text where syllables are constructed from jamo components
- •Displaying or editing Korean with Unicode jamo (decomposed form) in design tools
- •Working with text normalization, decomposition, or collation at the Unicode level
- •Debugging rendering issues for Hangul fonts that handle jamo characters
- •Programming Korean text input/output where you must use exact Unicode characters
Examples
ᄁ Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok
- ᄁ까 (example jamo sequence for a Hangul syllable construction)
- ᄁ꺼 (jamo sequence: choseong + vowel)
- ᄁ끼 (jamo sequence: choseong + vowel)
- ᄁ꼬 (jamo sequence: choseong + vowel)
- ᄁ꾸 (jamo sequence: choseong + vowel)
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1101 | |
| HTML Entity | ᄁ | |
| HTML Code | ᄁ | |
| CSS | \1101 |
FAQ
What does the Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok letter mean?
ᄁ is “HANGUL CHOSEONG SSANGKIYEOK” (Unicode U+1101), which represents a double “g/k” style consonant sound as an initial (leading) jamo. In Hangul writing, consonant jamo like this one combine with vowels to form complete syllables. You’ll encounter ᄁ when software stores or manipulates Hangul at the jamo level (for example, during normalization, decomposition, or font/typography tasks). Its practical meaning is therefore positional: it marks the initial consonant component of a syllable rather than standing alone like a full standalone letter.
What Unicode character is ᄁ?
ᄁ is the Hangul choseong ssangkiyeok, with Unicode code point U+1101.
How do I use ᄁ in HTML or web code?
You can insert it directly as ᄁ, or use the HTML entity ᄁ.
Is ᄁ a complete Hangul letter?
It’s a jamo (a component). In Hangul syllables, this choseong combines with vowel jamo to form a full syllable.
What are the available code escapes for ᄁ?
CSS escape: \\1101. JavaScript escape: \\u{1101}.