U+ACB9 "겹" Hangul Syllable Gyeob Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
겹
U+ACB9 "겹" Hangul Syllable Gyeob is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "gyeob," which is formed from the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (b). This character means "layer" or "fold" and is commonly used in Korean language, appearing in words like "겹겹이" (gyeopgyeopi, meaning "in layers") and "겹치다" (gyeopchida, meaning "to overlap"). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it allows for efficient text encoding and display across digital systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ACB9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gyeob |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 겹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 겹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB2 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xACB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ACB9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uacb9 |