U+AC5B "걛" Hangul Syllable Gyaed Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC5B "걛" Hangul Syllable Gyaed is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "gy" (ㄱ and ㅣ combined as a digraph), the medial vowel "ae" (ㅐ), and the final consonant "d" (ㄷ). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all 11,172 possible two or three jamo combinations that form complete Korean syllables. As a precomposed form, it allows for efficient text processing and display, ensuring that the syllable appears as a single, cohesive block that maintains the correct visual stacking and spacing within Korean text. While relatively uncommon in everyday modern Korean vocabulary, it remains a valid and accessible character for representing specific linguistic or historical usages.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC5B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Gyaed
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "걔" U+AC54 Hangul Syllable Gyae
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 걛
HTML Hex Encoding 걛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB1 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC5B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC5B
C/C++/Java Escape \uac5b

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