U+ACB8 "겸" Hangul Syllable Gyeom Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
겸
U+ACB8 "겸" Hangul Syllable Gyeom is a precomposed Korean syllable representing the sound “gyeom,” formed by combining the initial consonant “ㄱ” (g), the medial vowel “ㅕ” (yeo), and the final consonant “ㅁ” (m). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean writing system, and it is used in modern Korean for words such as “겸손” (gyeomson, meaning humility) or “겸비” (gyeombi, meaning to possess both qualities). Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and interoperability across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ACB8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gyeom |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "겨" U+ACA8 Hangul Syllable Gyeo "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 겸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 겸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB2 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xACB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ACB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uacb8 |