U+AD8C "권" Hangul Syllable Gweon Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter