ㅇ is the Unicode character HANGUL LETTER IEUNG, code point U+3147 (decimal 12615) in the Hangul Compatibility Jamo block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ㅇ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 85 87.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+3147 |
| Decimal | 12615 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 85 87 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 3147 |
| UTF-32 | 00003147 |
| HTML decimal | ㅇ |
| HTML hex | ㅇ |
| CSS | \3147 |
| JavaScript | \u3147 |
| JSON | \u3147 |
| Python | \u3147 |
| Python by name | \N{HANGUL LETTER IEUNG} |
| Java, C# | \u3147 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3147} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u3147 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%85%87 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | HANGUL LETTER IEUNG |
| Code point | U+3147 (decimal 12615) |
| Block | Hangul Compatibility Jamo (U+3130–U+318F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Hangul |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
HANGUL LETTER IEUNG has a compatibility decomposition (compat) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Hangul Compatibility Jamo
- ㄿ U+313F Hangul Letter Rieul-Phieuph
- ㅀ U+3140 Hangul Letter Rieul-Hieuh
- ㅁ U+3141 Hangul Letter Mieum
- ㅂ U+3142 Hangul Letter Pieup
- ㅃ U+3143 Hangul Letter Ssangpieup
- ㅄ U+3144 Hangul Letter Pieup-Sios
- ㅅ U+3145 Hangul Letter Sios
- ㅆ U+3146 Hangul Letter Ssangsios
- ㅈ U+3148 Hangul Letter Cieuc
- ㅉ U+3149 Hangul Letter Ssangcieuc
- ㅊ U+314A Hangul Letter Chieuch
- ㅋ U+314B Hangul Letter Khieukh
- ㅌ U+314C Hangul Letter Thieuth
- ㅍ U+314D Hangul Letter Phieuph
- ㅎ U+314E Hangul Letter Hieuh
- ㅏ U+314F Hangul Letter A
All 94 characters: Hangul Compatibility Jamo.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ㅇ?
- Use ㅇ (decimal) or ㅇ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+3147?
- E3 85 87 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%85%87.
- How do I write U+3147 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u3147. Python: \u3147.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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