U+AC34 "갴" Hangul Syllable Gaek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
갴
U+AC34 "갴" Hangul Syllable Gaek is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㅋ" (k). This syllable belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo characters to facilitate digital text processing and display. While "갴" is a valid and pronounceable syllable, it is not commonly used in standard modern Korean vocabulary, and may appear primarily in transliterations, technical contexts, or as a rare lexical item. Its encoding ensures that the Korean writing system is fully represented in digital environments, allowing for accurate rendering and input of all Hangul syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC34 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gaek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 갴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 갴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB0 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac34 |