Halfwidth Hangul Letter I

It is a narrow compatibility form of Korean ㅣ. It represents the same vowel letter, but uses a halfwidth cell. The related ᅵ is the Hangul vowel form used when syllables are composed. This character serves older encoding and layout needs; it is not a separate Korean word.

A predecessor appears in Korea's 1974 N-byte Hangul standard, which assigned single-byte codes to basic jamo, or Hangul letters. The narrow layout is more directly associated with an annex to the Korean character-code standard in its 1987 and later editions. These layouts fit Hangul letters into constrained code systems and helped preserve conversions. Today, ￜ mainly remains for compatibility with existing text and systems.

Why can’t I type or display it normally?

Korean keyboards and fonts may not support this legacy form. A Unicode proposal from 2017 says Korean input methods did not provide a way to enter halfwidth jamo, and notes limited font coverage. A 2020 report recorded a missing-glyph box or incorrect width on Android 10 and Windows 10.

For ordinary Korean writing, use ㅣ or a syllable containing it. Keep ￜ when working with legacy conversion, width testing, or text that already uses this character. Compatibility processing may convert it to ㅣ.

How can I enter this character in code?

Use a Unicode escape or an HTML character reference. In source code that accepts Unicode escapes, write "\uFFDC". In HTML, write "ￜ". A standard Korean keyboard usually will not offer this halfwidth form; an application's Unicode input can be another option.