Hangul Compatibility Jamo Explained

Rangestart:	3130
Rangeend:	318F
Script1:	Hangul
Alphabets:	Hangul
1 0 0:	94
Sources:	KS X 1001 (formerly KS C 5601)
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

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

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Hangul Compatibility Jamo block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
1.0.0	U+3131..318E	94			(to be determined)
				N3172
				N3257

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Web site: 3.8: Block-by-Block Charts . The Unicode Standard . version 1.0 . Unicode Consortium.
4. Web site: Introduction to Hangul Representation in Unicode — jamo 0.4-beta documentation .