U+ACF0 "곰" Hangul Syllable Gom Unicode Character
U+ACF0 "곰" Hangul Syllable Gom is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script used for the Korean language, representing the sound "gom," which means "bear" in Korean. This character is formed from the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (m), all combined into a single block following the standard principles of Korean syllabic writing. It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables designed to cover all possible combinations of initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants in modern Korean. The character is widely used in written Korean, appearing in words such as "곰돌이" (gomdori, meaning teddy bear) and in cultural references like the popular children's song "곰 세 마리" (Three Bears).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ACF0 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gom |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "고" U+ACE0 Hangul Syllable Go "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 곰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 곰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB3 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xACF0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ACF0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uacf0 |