U+AC70 "거" Hangul Syllable Geo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC70 "거" Hangul Syllable Geo is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul writing system, used to represent the Korean language. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g) with the medial vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and it carries the meaning "that" or "to go" in various grammatical contexts, depending on its usage as a noun, verb stem, or particle. This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet, allowing for efficient text processing and display in digital environments. As a fundamental building block of written Korean, "거" appears frequently in everyday text, from casual conversation to formal literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC70
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Geo
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "ᄀ" U+1100 Hangul Choseong Kiyeok
"ᅥ" U+1165 Hangul Jungseong Eo

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 거
HTML Hex Encoding 거
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB1 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC70
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC70
C/C++/Java Escape \uac70

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter