U+AC2F "갯" Hangul Syllable Gaes Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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