U+AC1C "개" Hangul Syllable Gae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
개
U+AC1C "개" Hangul Syllable Gae is a precomposed syllable in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "gae" as in the word for "dog" or as a common component in many other Korean terms. It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄀ (giyeok) with the vowel ㅐ (ae), and sits within the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which was designed to encode complete syllabic blocks to enable efficient text processing and display. This character is widely used in modern Korean text, appearing in everyday vocabulary and names, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC1C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gae |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄀ" U+1100 Hangul Choseong Kiyeok "ᅢ" U+1162 Hangul Jungseong Ae |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 개 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 개 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC1C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC1C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac1c |