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Hangul Compatibility Jamo

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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[edit]

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 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History[edit]

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
1.0.0 U+3131..318E 94 (to be determined)
L2/07-075 N3172 Kim, Kyongsok (2006-09-27), Add annotations for existing 5 Hangul Jamo names
L2/07-247 N3257 "3", A Proposal to add new Hangul Jamo extended characters to BMP of UCS, 2007-04-23
L2/09-096 Sung, Ienup (2009-02-26), Change Proposal for Informative Alias of U+3164 HANGUL FILLER
L2/09-104 Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Scripts — Informative Alias of U+3164 HANGUL FILLER", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References[edit]

  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. ^ https://python-jamo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/unicode.html#unicode-tutorial

See also[edit]