U+AC17 "갗" Hangul Syllable Gac Unicode Character
U+AC17 "갗" Hangul Syllable Gac is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for the Korean language, and it represents the phonetic sound "gac," combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g) with the vowel "ㅏ" (a) and the final consonant "ㅊ" (c). As a character in the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, it belongs to the set of 11,172 precomposed syllables that enable efficient text processing and display of Korean writing. In practical use, this specific syllable is relatively rare and may appear in specialized vocabulary, place names, or personal names, though it is not a common part of everyday Korean lexicon. The existence of this character in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, allowing for accurate rendering and searchability in Korean texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC17 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gac |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 갗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 갗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC17 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac17 |