U+AE09 "급" Hangul Syllable Geub Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
급
U+AE09 "급" Hangul Syllable Geub is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "geub" as a combination of the initial consonant ㄱ (g), the vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant ㅂ (b). It is used in a variety of Korean vocabulary, including words relating to levels or grades, such as "등급" (grade, class) and "급여" (salary, pay), as well as in terms like "급하다" meaning urgent or hasty. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character reflects the systematic and phonetic nature of the Korean alphabet, where individual jamo (letters) are grouped into syllabic blocks.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE09 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Geub |
| 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 "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 급 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 급 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB8 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE09 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae09 |