U+AC21 "갡" Hangul Syllable Gaenj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC21 "갡" Hangul Syllable Gaenj is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㄵ" (nj). Formed by the logical unification of these three jamo elements within the Korean Unicode block, it is used in written Korean to convey the sound "gaenj" that occurs in certain native vocabulary or loanword contexts, though it is relatively uncommon in everyday modern usage compared to more frequent syllables like "가" (ga) or "개" (gae). The character is rendered as a single glyph in supported fonts, reflecting the compact square-shaped layout typical of Hangul syllables.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC21
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Gaenj
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "개" U+AC1C Hangul Syllable Gae
"ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 갡
HTML Hex Encoding 갡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB0 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC21
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC21
C/C++/Java Escape \uac21

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter