U+ADAC "궬" Hangul Syllable Gwel Unicode Character
U+ADAC "궬" Hangul Syllable Gwel is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "g" (ㄱ), the medial vowel "we" (ᅯ), and the final consonant "l" (ㄹ). This character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the extensive Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial, medial, and final jamo into single code points for efficient text processing. Encountered in written Korean, "궬" appears in words derived from native Korean or Sino-Korean roots, though it is relatively uncommon compared to more frequent syllables. Its inclusion ensures full support for the Korean language in digital environments, allowing for precise representation of phonetics and morphology in Hangul text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADAC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwel |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 궬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 궬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB6 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADAC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADAC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uadac |