U+AC1A "갚" Hangul Syllable Gap Unicode Character
U+AC1A "갚" Hangul Syllable Gap is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "gap," which is the root of the verb "갚다" (gapda) meaning "to repay" or "to return" something, such as a debt or a favor. This character is composed of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㅍ" (p), and it is encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the Hangul Syllables block, which includes all possible combinations of Korean jamo in a single code point for efficient text processing. In modern Korean usage, "갚" appears primarily in inflected forms like "갚다" and "갚아요," and while the syllable itself is not a standalone word, it carries a clear and meaningful semantic value tied to the concept of reciprocation or restitution in the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC1A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gap |
| 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 "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 갚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 갚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC1A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC1A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac1a |