Hangul Compatibility Jamo

See also: Hangul Jamo (Unicode block), Hangul Jamo Extended-A, Hangul Jamo Extended-B, and Hangul Syllables (Unicode block)

For a complete list of Hangul jamo, see List of Hangul jamo.

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]

Hangul Compatibility Jamo
Range	U+3130..U+318F (96 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Hangul
Major alphabets	Hangul
Assigned	94 code points
Unused	2 reserved code points
Source standards	KS 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

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

Hangul Compatibility Jamo[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+313x

ㄱ

ㄲ

ㄳ

ㄴ

ㄵ

ㄶ

ㄷ

ㄸ

ㄹ

ㄺ

ㄻ

ㄼ

ㄽ

ㄾ

ㄿ

U+314x

ㅀ

ㅁ

ㅂ

ㅃ

ㅄ

ㅅ

ㅆ

ㅇ

ㅈ

ㅉ

ㅊ

ㅋ

ㅌ

ㅍ

ㅎ

ㅏ

U+315x

ㅐ

ㅑ

ㅒ

ㅓ

ㅔ

ㅕ

ㅖ

ㅗ

ㅘ

ㅙ

ㅚ

ㅛ

ㅜ

ㅝ

ㅞ

ㅟ

U+316x

ㅠ

ㅡ

ㅢ

ㅣ

HF

ㅥ

ㅦ

ㅧ

ㅨ

ㅩ

ㅪ

ㅫ

ㅬ

ㅭ

ㅮ

ㅯ

U+317x

ㅰ

ㅱ

ㅲ

ㅳ

ㅴ

ㅵ

ㅶ

ㅷ

ㅸ

ㅹ

ㅺ

ㅻ

ㅼ

ㅽ

ㅾ

ㅿ

U+318x

ㆀ

ㆁ

ㆂ

ㆃ

ㆄ

ㆅ

ㆆ

ㆇ

ㆈ

ㆉ

ㆊ

ㆋ

ㆌ

ㆍ

ㆎ

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

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