U+AD1C "괜" Hangul Syllable Gwaen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
괜
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 |