Theo Veenker <Theo dot Veenker at let dot uu dot nl> wrote: > A somewhat related question. I know next to nothing about Hangul > [de]composition so forgive me for asking silly questions. In the > UnicodeData.txt file there are much more than the 19 L, 21 V, and > 28 L jamos. Are the other jamos not use to compose syllables, or > does the syllable block represent an incomplete set of compatibility > characters? What's is it?
All jamos are used to compose syllables. The Hangul Syllables block starting at U+AC00 covers the repertoire specified by KS C 5601, which is said to be sufficient for "modern Korean," written since the orthographic reform of 1933. The other jamos in the U+1100 block are not considered part of the "modern" Hangul writing system, and so there are no precomposed syllables that use them. This is a gross oversimplification, and I fully expect someone to step in and correct at least one detail. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/
