U+ADB4 "궴" Hangul Syllable Gwem Unicode Character
U+ADB4 "궴" Hangul Syllable Gwem is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "gwem." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g/k), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (we), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (m), all of which are principles of Hangul's logical block-building structure. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes syllables in a standardized sequence to facilitate digital text processing and display. While not a common syllable in everyday Korean vocabulary, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all theoretically possible and technologically necessary Hangul syllables are representable, supporting accurate and comprehensive text handling across different systems and languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADB4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 궴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 궴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB6 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADB4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADB4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uadb4 |