U+AC9F "겟" Hangul Syllable Ges Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AC9F "겟" Hangul Syllable Ges is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ges" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (s). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable blocks formed by Korean jamo, allowing for efficient text processing and display of the Korean language. In practical use, "겟" appears in various Korean words, such as "겟단" (a type of Korean rice cake) or as a component in certain verbs, functioning as a regular phonetic element in both modern and historical texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+AC9F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ges
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 겟
HTML Hex Encoding 겟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB2 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAC9F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AC9F
C/C++/Java Escape \uac9f

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