U+ACF8 "곸" Hangul Syllable Gok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+ACF8 "곸" Hangul Syllable Gok is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "gok." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), the medial vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), which together produce a single syllabic block. As part of the vast Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in written Korean to form words and sentences, and its inclusion in the standard ensures that digital text can accurately render the full range of Korean phonology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ACF8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gok |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 곸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 곸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB3 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xACF8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ACF8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uacf8 |