U+AC7C "걼" Hangul Syllable Geols Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC7C "걼" Hangul Syllable Geols is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅓ" (eo), and the final consonant "ㄹㅅ" (ls). This specific character corresponds to the sound "geols" and is part of the vast Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet. Its inclusion in the standard allows for accurate digital representation of the Korean language, particularly in text processing and display across various platforms and devices, though it is a relatively rare and infrequently used syllable in everyday Korean vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC7C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Geols
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
"ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 걼
HTML Hex Encoding 걼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB1 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC7C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC7C
C/C++/Java Escape \uac7c

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