U+AC9B "겛" Hangul Syllable Gelh Unicode Character
U+AC9B "겛" Hangul Syllable Gelh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, representing the phonetic value "gelh" with a final "lh" consonant cluster. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllabic blocks formed by combining initial consonants, vowels, and optional final consonants according to the rules of Hangul orthography. The syllable "겛" is composed of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant cluster "ㄼ" (lb), which is pronounced as a tense or unreleased "l" sound followed by a "b" in standard Korean. While not commonly used in modern everyday vocabulary, such syllables are included in Unicode to ensure comprehensive coverage of all possible Hangul combinations, supporting historical texts, linguistic studies, and specialized typographic needs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AC9B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gelh |
| 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 "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 겛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 겛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB2 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAC9B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AC9B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uac9b |