U+AD04 "괄" Hangul Syllable Gwal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
괄
U+AD04 "괄" Hangul Syllable Gwal is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "gwal" formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g) with the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa) and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations in the Korean alphabet, and it corresponds to a distinct lexical unit used in Korean words, such as in the term "괄호" (gwalho) meaning "parentheses" or "brackets." Its representation in Unicode ensures consistent digital encoding and display across different platforms and devices for proper text processing and communication in the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD04 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwal |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 괄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 괄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB4 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD04 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad04 |