U+ADCD "귍" Hangul Syllable Gwilt Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+ADCD "귍" Hangul Syllable Gwilt is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to represent the Korean language, specifically combining the initial consonant "G" (ㄱ), the vowel "wi" (ㅟ), and the final consonant "lt" (ㄾ). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes thousands of such composite glyphs, this character enables accurate digital representation of Korean text, including relatively rare or archaic syllables like "gwilt." While it is a valid and defined character, it is not commonly used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, appearing primarily in specialized linguistic contexts, historical texts, or as a theoretical construct within the systematic phonemic arrangement of the Hangul writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+ADCD
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Gwilt
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
"ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 귍
HTML Hex Encoding 귍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB7 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xADCD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000ADCD
C/C++/Java Escape \uadcd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter