U+AC08 "갈" Hangul Syllable Gal Unicode Character
U+AC08 "갈" Hangul Syllable Gal is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "gal" as a combination of the consonant "ㄱ" (g/k) and the vowel "ㅏ" (a) followed by the final consonant "ㄹ" (l). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet for efficient text processing. This character is commonly used in written Korean, appearing in words such as "가다" (gada, meaning "to go") in its conjugated form or in nouns like "갈색" (galsaek, meaning "brown"). As a standard Unicode character, it ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, supporting the accurate display and interchange of Korean text in global computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC08 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gal |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 갈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 갈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC08 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC08 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac08 |