U+AD87 "궇" Hangul Syllable Guh Unicode Character
U+AD87 "궇" Hangul Syllable Guh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "guh" by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅜ" (u), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (h). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encompasses 11,172 precomposed syllables that follow a systematic ordering based on the Korean alphabet's initial, medial, and final jamo components. While "궇" is a valid and well-formed syllable in the Hangul structure, it is rare in standard Korean vocabulary, as the combination of "gu" with a final aspirated "h" does not correspond to any common word in everyday usage. Its primary existence is to complete the syllabic set within Unicode's comprehensive encoding of the Korean writing system, ensuring that all possible phonetic combinations are represented for digital text processing and display.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD87 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Guh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 궇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 궇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB6 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD87 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD87 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad87 |