U+ADC8 "귈" Hangul Syllable Gwil Unicode Character
U+ADC8 "귈" Hangul Syllable Gwil is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul alphabet, representing the phonetic sound "gwil." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (wi), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l), all of which are standard jamo characters in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block. This specific syllable does not correspond to a common Korean word, as it is rarely used in natural language, but it exists within the comprehensive Unicode standard to ensure complete coverage of all possible syllable combinations for text processing and digital representation. Its inclusion supports accurate rendering in Korean typography, allowing for precise transcription of sounds in linguistic or academic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADC8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwil |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "귀" U+ADC0 Hangul Syllable Gwi "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 귈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 귈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB7 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADC8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uadc8 |