U+AD6D "국" Hangul Syllable Gug Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
국
U+AD6D "국" Hangul Syllable Gug is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "gug" as in the word for "nation" or "country" (e.g., "한국" meaning South Korea). This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), the medial vowel "ㅜ" (u), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok) into a single block, a fundamental structural feature of Hangul. As a part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, "국" is used extensively in Korean text for both formal and informal communication, and its encoding ensures consistent representation across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD6D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gug |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "구" U+AD6C Hangul Syllable Gu "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 국 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 국 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB5 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD6D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad6d |