Hangul Jungseong Yu Letter
ᅲ is the Hangul Jungseong (vowel) jamo “Yu” used to build Korean syllables.
U+1172
ᅲ is a Hangul vowel jamo: “Hangul Jungseong Yu” (U+1172). It’s primarily used as part of composing complete Korean syllables. This page helps you copy and use the character reliably in text and code.
Hangul Jungseong Yu Letter Meaning
ᅲ (HANGUL JUNGSEONG YU) is a Hangul jamo representing the vowel sound “yu.” Like other Hangul jungseong characters, it is typically used in combination with initial consonant (choseong) and final consonant (jongseong) jamos to form complete Hangul syllables. In practice, you usually encounter it in contexts where text is processed at the jamo level (for example, normalization, linguistics tools, or custom font/layout work). When writing Korean in normal everyday text, you most often type complete syllables rather than this standalone jamo.
Common uses
- •Use in Hangul jamo-level text processing (linguistics or normalization tools).
- •Designing or testing fonts that support Hangul jamo rendering.
- •Building custom Hangul composition logic in applications.
- •Creating educational content that teaches syllable structure (choseong/jungseong/jongseong).
- •Debugging encoding/Unicode issues related to Hangul characters in codebases.
Examples
ᅲ Hangul Jungseong Yu
- ᅲᅲᅡ — showing jamo-level vowel usage
- ᅲᅲᅥ — vowel jamo sequence for testing
- ᅲᅲᅥᆻ — jamo sequence used in composition experiments
- ᅲType check: U+1172 should match ᅲ
- ᅲFont test string: ᅲᅲᅲ
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+1172 | |
| HTML Entity | ᅲ | |
| HTML Code | ᅲ | |
| CSS | \1172 |
FAQ
What does the Hangul Jungseong Yu letter mean?
ᅲ (HANGUL JUNGSEONG YU) is a Hangul jamo representing the vowel sound “yu.” Like other Hangul jungseong characters, it is typically used in combination with initial consonant (choseong) and final consonant (jongseong) jamos to form complete Hangul syllables. In practice, you usually encounter it in contexts where text is processed at the jamo level (for example, normalization, linguistics tools, or custom font/layout work). When writing Korean in normal everyday text, you most often type complete syllables rather than this standalone jamo.
What is ᅲ (U+1172)?
ᅲ is the Hangul Jungseong (vowel) jamo “Hangul Jungseong Yu.” U+1172 is its Unicode code point.
Can I type ᅲ by itself, or do I need other jamos?
You can use it as a standalone character, but in typical Korean writing it’s usually part of a complete syllable built with other jamos (initial and possibly final).
How do I copy ᅲ into HTML?
Use either the literal character “ᅲ” or the HTML entity: ᅲ.
What are the CSS or JavaScript escapes for ᅲ?
CSS escape: \\1172. JavaScript (Unicode escape): \\u{1172}.