ㅙ is the Unicode character HANGUL LETTER WAE, code point U+3159 (decimal 12633) in the Hangul Compatibility Jamo block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ㅙ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E3 85 99.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+3159 |
| Decimal | 12633 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 85 99 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 3159 |
| UTF-32 | 00003159 |
| HTML decimal | ㅙ |
| HTML hex | ㅙ |
| CSS | \3159 |
| JavaScript | \u3159 |
| JSON | \u3159 |
| Python | \u3159 |
| Python by name | \N{HANGUL LETTER WAE} |
| Java, C# | \u3159 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{3159} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u3159 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E3%85%99 |
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 WAE |
| Code point | U+3159 (decimal 12633) |
| 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 WAE 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
- ㅑ U+3151 Hangul Letter Ya
- ㅒ U+3152 Hangul Letter Yae
- ㅓ U+3153 Hangul Letter Eo
- ㅔ U+3154 Hangul Letter E
- ㅕ U+3155 Hangul Letter Yeo
- ㅖ U+3156 Hangul Letter Ye
- ㅗ U+3157 Hangul Letter O
- ㅘ U+3158 Hangul Letter Wa
- ㅚ U+315A Hangul Letter Oe
- ㅛ U+315B Hangul Letter Yo
- ㅜ U+315C Hangul Letter U
- ㅝ U+315D Hangul Letter Weo
- ㅞ U+315E Hangul Letter We
- ㅟ U+315F Hangul Letter Wi
- ㅠ U+3160 Hangul Letter Yu
- ㅡ U+3161 Hangul Letter Eu
All 94 characters: Hangul Compatibility Jamo.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ㅙ?
- Use ㅙ (decimal) or ㅙ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+3159?
- E3 85 99 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E3%85%99.
- How do I write U+3159 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u3159. Python: \u3159.
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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