U+ADF9 "극" Hangul Syllable Geug Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
극
U+ADF9 "극" Hangul Syllable Geug is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "geug." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g/k), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (g/k), making it a closed syllable. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes all possible combinations of Korean jamo characters. In Korean, "극" can be used as a standalone word meaning "extreme" or "pole," and it often appears in compound words such as "극장" (theater) or "극복" (overcome).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADF9 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Geug |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "그" U+ADF8 Hangul Syllable Geu "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 극 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 극 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB7 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADF9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADF9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uadf9 |