U+AC22 "갢" Hangul Syllable Gaenh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC22 "갢" Hangul Syllable Gaenh is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "gaenh", which combines the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㄶ" (nh). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in the Korean writing system to denote a specific phonetic unit, though it is not a common word in modern Korean and may appear primarily in archaic or specialized linguistic contexts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent representation and rendering across digital platforms and systems that support Korean text.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC22
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Gaenh
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
"ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 갢
HTML Hex Encoding 갢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB0 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC22
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC22
C/C++/Java Escape \uac22

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