U+AC04 "간" Hangul Syllable Gan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
간
U+AC04 "간" Hangul Syllable Gan is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "gan." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (n), and is commonly used in the Korean language in words such as "간장" (soy sauce) or "시간" (time). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character allows for efficient text encoding and display of modern Korean, where syllables are the fundamental units of written communication rather than individual letters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC04 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gan |
| 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 "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 간 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 간 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC04 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac04 |