U+AE2D "긭" Hangul Syllable Gyit Unicode Character
U+AE2D "긭" Hangul Syllable Gyit is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "gyit" as a combination of the initial consonant "giyeok" (ㄱ), the medial vowel "yi" (ㅢ), and the final consonant "tieut" (ㅌ). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes all possible syllables formed by the systematic arrangement of Korean alphabet letters. This specific syllable is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, as it appears almost exclusively in archaic or specialized linguistic contexts, often to transcribe historical pronunciations or foreign loanwords with precision. Despite its obscurity, its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures accurate digital representation and interoperability across modern text systems for preservation and scholarly work.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE2D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gyit |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "긔" U+AE14 Hangul Syllable Gyi "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 긭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 긭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB8 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE2D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae2d |