U+AC2F "갯" Hangul Syllable Gaes Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
갯
U+AC2F "갯" Hangul Syllable Gaes is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound “gaes,” formed by combining the initial consonant “ㄱ” (g), the vowel “ㅐ” (ae), and the final consonant “ㅅ” (s) into a single block character. As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes syllables systematically based on the modern Korean alphabet, “갯” is used in written Korean for words like “갯수” (number of items or counts) and “갯벌” (tidal flat). Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and processing of the syllable across different platforms and systems, supporting the proper display and input of Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC2F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gaes |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 갯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 갯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC2F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac2f |