Hangul Jamo Extended-A

In today's world, Hangul Jamo Extended-A is a topic that arouses the interest and attention of people of all ages, nationalities and lifestyles. Whether due to its relevance in popular culture, its impact on society or its implications in the scientific field, Hangul Jamo Extended-A has managed to capture the attention of millions of individuals around the world. In this article, we will explore the different facets of Hangul Jamo Extended-A, analyzing its importance, its evolution over time and its influence on various aspects of daily life. From its origin to the present, Hangul Jamo Extended-A has left an indelible mark on history and continues to generate debates, reflections and discoveries.

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

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

Unicode character block

Hangul Jamo Extended-A
Range	U+A960..U+A97F (32 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Hangul
Major alphabets	Hangul
Assigned	29 code points
Unused	3 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)	29 (+29)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:

Hangul Jamo Extended-A is a Unicode block containing choseong (initial consonant) forms of archaic Hangul consonant clusters. They can be used to dynamically compose syllables that are not available as precomposed Hangul syllables in Unicode, specifically syllables that are not used in standard modern Korean.

Block

Hangul Jamo Extended-A Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+A96x

ꥠ

ꥡ

ꥢ

ꥣ

ꥤ

ꥥ

ꥦ

ꥧ

ꥨ

ꥩ

ꥪ

ꥫ

ꥬ

ꥭ

ꥮ

ꥯ

U+A97x

ꥰ

ꥱ

ꥲ

ꥳ

ꥴ

ꥵ

ꥶ

ꥷ

ꥸ

ꥹ

ꥺ

ꥻ

ꥼ

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1 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 Jamo Extended-A block:

Version	Final code points	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.2	U+A960..A97C	29		N3168R	Kim, Kyongsok (2006-04-23), A Proposal to add new Hangul Jamo extended characters to BMP of UCS
			L2/07-076	N3168	Kim, Kyongsok (2006-09-27), A Proposal to add new Hangul Jamo extended characters to BMP of UCS
				N3153 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-02-16), "M49.23", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 49 AIST, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; 2006-09-25/29
			L2/07-103	N3242	Proposed allocation of Old Hangul Jamos in the BMP, 2007-04-16
			L2/07-247	N3257	"2", A Proposal to add new Hangul Jamo extended characters to BMP of UCS, 2007-04-23
			L2/07-118R2		Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes
			L2/07-268	N3253 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.34", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
			L2/08-003		Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Consensus 114-C28a", UTC #114 Minutes, Correct the names of 3 Hangul characters as approved by prior WG2 resolution...
			L2/08-318	N3453 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.2d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
			L2/08-161R2		Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Consensus 115-C15", UTC #115 Minutes, Approve 4 character name corrections...
^ 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.