U+AC00 "가" Hangul Syllable Ga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
가
U+AC00 "가" Hangul Syllable Ga is the first syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ga." It is formed by combining the consonant ᄀ (giyeok) and the vowel ᅡ (a), and as the initial entry in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it holds a foundational position for encoding over 11,000 precomposed Korean syllables. This character is widely used in everyday Korean text, appearing in words such as 가구 (gagu, meaning furniture) and 가방 (gabang, meaning bag), and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across global platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC00 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ga |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄀ" U+1100 Hangul Choseong Kiyeok "ᅡ" U+1161 Hangul Jungseong A |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 가 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 가 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC00 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac00 |