U+AD2F "괯" Hangul Syllable Gwaec Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
괯
U+AD2F "괯" Hangul Syllable Gwaec is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ᆿ" (k). This syllable, pronounced approximately as "gwaek" in English, is a rarely used sound in Korean, but it remains part of the standard Hangul syllabary defined in Unicode, allowing for precise textual representation and digital encoding of the Korean language across various platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD2F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwaec |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 괯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 괯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB4 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD2F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad2f |