U+AD8B "궋" Hangul Syllable Gweogs Unicode Character
U+AD8B "궋" Hangul Syllable Gweogs is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound “gweok” (pronounced roughly like “gwuhk” with a hard ‘g’). It is formed by combining the initial consonant “ㄱ” (g), the medial vowel “ㅝ” (weo), and the final consonant “ㄳ” (gs), which together create a single block character as part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode. This character is used in written Korean to represent a specific syllable that may appear in words or names, though it is relatively uncommon in everyday vocabulary. As a precomposed syllable, it allows for efficient text representation and rendering in digital environments, ensuring that Korean text displays correctly across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD8B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gweogs |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "궈" U+AD88 Hangul Syllable Gweo "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 궋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 궋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB6 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD8B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad8b |