U+ADC0 "귀" Hangul Syllable Gwi Unicode Character
U+ADC0 "귀" Hangul Syllable Gwi is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the sound "gwi" which is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (wi), and no final consonant. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which addresses the need for efficient encoding of the tens of thousands of possible syllable blocks in modern Korean text by providing precomposed forms rather than relying solely on dynamic composition from jamo letters. In everyday Korean, "귀" commonly means "ear" or can refer to the musical note "sol" and appears frequently in words like "귀여운" (cute) or "귀신" (ghost), making it a versatile and fundamental character for reading and writing the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADC0 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwi |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄀ" U+1100 Hangul Choseong Kiyeok "ᅱ" U+1171 Hangul Jungseong Wi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 귀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 귀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB7 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADC0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADC0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uadc0 |