U+ACA3 "겣" Hangul Syllable Gec Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
겣
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 |