U+ADA8 "궨" Hangul Syllable Gwen Unicode Character
U+ADA8 "궨" Hangul Syllable Gwen is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g or k), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (we), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (n). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet for efficient digital text processing. In practical use, "궨" appears in Korean words such as 궨트 (gwen-teu, referring to a "gwent" or a type of traditional Korean jacket) or in certain surnames, though it is relatively less common in everyday vocabulary compared to more frequent syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that Korean language users can accurately represent and transmit this specific sound in digital communications, preserving the linguistic integrity of Hangul across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADA8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "궤" U+ADA4 Hangul Syllable Gwe "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 궨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 궨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB6 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uada8 |