U+AC03 "갃" Hangul Syllable Gags Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
갃
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 |