U+AD1C "괜" Hangul Syllable Gwaen Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AD1C "괜" Hangul Syllable Gwaen is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "gwaen". It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (nieun). This syllable is used in Standard Korean vocabulary, most commonly appearing in words such as "괜찮다" (gwaenchanta), meaning "to be okay" or "fine." As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it follows the systematic encoding order established by the Korean standard KS X 1001 and the Unicode algorithm for syllable composition. The character is widely supported across modern digital platforms and fonts, enabling accurate text representation in Korean language computing.

General Properties

Code Point U+AD1C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Gwaen
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "괘" U+AD18 Hangul Syllable Gwae
"ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 괜
HTML Hex Encoding 괜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB4 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAD1C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AD1C
C/C++/Java Escape \uad1c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter