U+AC79 "걹" Hangul Syllable Geolg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC79 "걹" Hangul Syllable Geolg is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "geolg", which combines the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and the final consonant cluster "ㄺ" (lg). This character is part of the modern Hangul syllabary block in Unicode, encoded to facilitate digital representation of the Korean writing system. Its specific composition makes it a relatively uncommon syllable in Korean text, typically found in specialized vocabulary or vocabulary requiring the "lg" coda, and its correct rendering depends on appropriate font support for CJK and Hangul scripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC79
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Geolg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "거" U+AC70 Hangul Syllable Geo
"ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 걹
HTML Hex Encoding 걹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB1 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC79
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC79
C/C++/Java Escape \uac79

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