| 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) |
| Note: [1] [2] | |
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 [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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Hangul Compatibility Jamo block:
| Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||||
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