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
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]

Graphical representation of the Hangul Compatibility Jamo Unicode block

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

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 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".