U+AE06 "긆" Hangul Syllable Geulp Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
긆
U+AE06 "긆" Hangul Syllable Geulp is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, specifically combining the initial consonant "ㄱ" (g), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㄹㅍ" (lp) to form the sound "geulp." This syllable is not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, but it demonstrates the systematic nature of Hangul orthography, where individual jamo letters are combined into syllable blocks to represent phonetic sounds. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that it can be correctly rendered across digital platforms for linguistic research, historical texts, or specialized lexical entries.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE06 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Geulp |
| 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 "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 긆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 긆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB8 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE06 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE06 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae06 |