U+AC90 "겐" Hangul Syllable Gen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
겐
U+AC90 "겐" Hangul Syllable Gen is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "gen" as a combination of the consonant "ㄱ" (g/k) and the vowel "ㅔ" (e), followed by the final consonant "ㄴ" (n). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed from the Korean alphabet in a standardized sequence according to the principles of the Korean writing system. In practical usage, it appears in Korean text for words like "겐" (a component of loanwords or names, such as in "겐조" for the brand Kenzo), and it serves as an essential element for accurate digital representation and display of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC90 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "게" U+AC8C Hangul Syllable Ge "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 겐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 겐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB2 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC90 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC90 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac90 |