U+ADFC "근" Hangul Syllable Geun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
근
U+ADFC "근" Hangul Syllable Geun is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "geun." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (nieun), and it is used as a fundamental building block in written Korean to construct words and convey meaning in the language. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital systems and texts can consistently represent this specific syllable, enabling accurate communication and data interchange in Korean and related contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+ADFC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Geun |
| 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 "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 근 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 근 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB7 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xADFC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000ADFC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uadfc |