U+ACF5 "공" Hangul Syllable Gong Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
공
U+ACF5 "공" Hangul Syllable Gong is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "gong" (similar to the English word "gong"). This character is formed from the initial consonant ᄀ (giyeok, /g/), the medial vowel ᅩ (o, /o/), and the final consonant ᆼ (ieung, /ŋ/). It is widely used in the Korean language to form common words, such as "공" (ball, zero, or public). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, U+ACF5 encodes a single, indivisible character for efficient text processing and display, reflecting the syllabic nature of Hangul orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ACF5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gong |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 공 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 공 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB3 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xACF5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ACF5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uacf5 |