U+ACA4 "겤" Hangul Syllable Gek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
겤
U+ACA4 "겤" Hangul Syllable Gek is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "gek". It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㅋ" (k), which together create this specific syllable block. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in modern and historical Korean text to represent words or morphemes that require the "gek" sound, such as in certain technical terms or loanwords. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation, display, and processing of this syllable across various platforms and software applications that support the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ACA4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 겤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 겤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xACA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ACA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaca4 |