U+AD8C "권" Hangul Syllable Gweon Unicode Character
U+AD8C "권" Hangul Syllable Gweon is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "gweon." It is a single code point in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which was designed to encode all 11,172 possible syllable combinations in the standard Korean alphabet. The character is composed visually of three jamo letters: the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅝ" (weo), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (n), which together form a distinct syllable block that is used in Korean vocabulary such as "권리" (gweolli, meaning "right" or "authority") or "권장" (gweonjang, "recommendation"). As part of the Unicode standard, U+AD8C ensures consistent digital representation of this syllable across platforms, enabling accurate text handling for Korean language users worldwide.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AD8C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gweon |
| 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 "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 권 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 권 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB6 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAD8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AD8C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uad8c |