U+ADD6 "귖" Hangul Syllable Gwij Unicode Character
U+ADD6 "귖" Hangul Syllable Gwij is a single syllable block in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "gwij" as a combination of the consonant "ㄱ" (g), the vowel "ㅟ" (wi), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (j). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes precomposed syllable forms used in the Korean language. As a composed syllable, "귖" follows the typical Korean orthographic structure of initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant, though it is a rare or obsolete syllable in contemporary Korean usage. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text processing, rendering, and storage can accurately represent this historical or infrequently used syllable without relying on dynamic composition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADD6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gwij |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 귖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 귖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB7 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADD6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADD6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uadd6 |