U+AC03 "갃" Hangul Syllable Gags Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC03 "갃" Hangul Syllable Gags is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "g" (기역), the vowel "a" (ㅏ), and the final consonant "gs" (ㄳ). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of Korean morphemes for efficient text processing. This character is typically used in modern Korean writing, though its frequency is relatively low compared to more common syllables like "가" (ga). As a fully formed syllable, "갃" allows for precise representation of Korean pronunciation without the need for separate jamo (letter) composition in digital text systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC03
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Gags
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "가" U+AC00 Hangul Syllable Ga
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 갃
HTML Hex Encoding 갃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB0 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC03
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC03
C/C++/Java Escape \uac03

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter