U+AE06 "긆" Hangul Syllable Geulp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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