U+ACFD "곽" Hangul Syllable Gwag Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
곽
U+ACFD "곽" Hangul Syllable Gwag is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "giyeok" (ㄱ), the medial vowel "wa" (ㅘ), and the final consonant "bieup" (ㅂ). This syllable is commonly used in Korean as a component of family names, such as the surname Gwak, and appears in various place names and vocabulary words. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded as a single character for efficient text processing and display, allowing for seamless use in digital communication and computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ACFD |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwag |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "과" U+ACFC Hangul Syllable Gwa "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 곽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 곽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB3 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xACFD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ACFD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uacfd |