U+AC91 "겑" Hangul Syllable Genj Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC91 "겑" Hangul Syllable Genj is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, formed from the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㄵ" (nj). It represents a single phonetic unit in the Korean language and is used in written texts to denote the sound "genj," though it is relatively uncommon in modern standard Korean vocabulary. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character enables the precise encoding and display of Korean text, supporting the script's systematic combination of jamo (letters) into syllabic blocks.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC91
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Genj
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
"ᆬ" U+11AC Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Cieuc

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 겑
HTML Hex Encoding 겑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB2 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC91
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC91
C/C++/Java Escape \uac91

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