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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 5.2 (2009) 29 (+29) Code chart ∣ Web page Note : [1] [2]
Hangul jamo characters in Unicode 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 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[a] Count L2 IDWG2 IDDocument 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 , 2007-04-16L2/07-247 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...
References
Single jamo
consonants (choseong or jongseong ) vowels (jungseong ) old consonants old vowels (still used in Jeju language )
Composite jamo
consonants (choseong or jongseong ) vowels (jungseong ) old consonants old vowels (still used in Jeju language ) old vowels
Encodings