U+AD03 "괃" Hangul Syllable Gwad Unicode Character
U+AD03 "괃" Hangul Syllable Gwad is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul writing system of the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㄷ" (d). This syllable, pronounced approximately as "gwad" in English, is part of the modern Hangul syllabary block in Unicode, which arranges Korean syllables systematically according to their initial, medial, and final components. While it is a valid and encoded character, "괃" is not a frequently used syllable in contemporary Korean text, as it does not commonly appear in standard vocabulary or everyday writing. Its presence in the Unicode standard ensures comprehensive coverage of all possible Hangul syllables, supporting accurate representation and processing of the written Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD03 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwad |
| 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 "ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 괃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 괃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB4 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD03 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD03 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad03 |