U+AD20 "괠" Hangul Syllable Gwael Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
괠
U+AD20 "괠" Hangul Syllable Gwael is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic syllable "gwael," formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations from the Korean alphabet, and it is typically used in native or Sino-Korean vocabulary. As a precomposed form, it allows for more efficient text processing and display in digital environments, ensuring that the syllable appears as a single, cohesive character rather than separate jamo components.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD20 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwael |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 괠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 괠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB4 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad20 |