U+ACA3 "겣" Hangul Syllable Gec Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+ACA3 "겣" Hangul Syllable Gec is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system Hangul, combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㅊ" (ch) to form the sound "gech" or "geot". As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it was added to support the efficient digital representation of the Korean language, allowing for the one character to represent the entire syllable rather than requiring individual jamo components. While "겣" is a valid, structurally accurate syllable in Hangul, it is considered rare or practically unused in standard modern Korean vocabulary, functioning primarily as a theoretical or potential form within the systematic phonetic range of the alphabet.

General Properties

Code Point U+ACA3
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Gec
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
"ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 겣
HTML Hex Encoding 겣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB2 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xACA3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000ACA3
C/C++/Java Escape \uaca3

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