U+AE76 "깶" Hangul Syllable Ggaelp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AE76 "깶" Hangul Syllable Ggaelp is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense or double 'g/k' sound) and the medial vowel "ㅐ" (the vowel 'ae') with the final consonant "ㄿ" (the 'lp' cluster). This specific character is used in the standard Korean writing system to transcribe a valid but relatively rare syllable in the Korean language, where the final consonant cluster is pronounced as a combined 'lp' sound. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text representing this precise phonetic unit can be stored, displayed, and processed consistently across different platforms and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+AE76
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggaelp
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "깨" U+AE68 Hangul Syllable Ggae
"ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 깶
HTML Hex Encoding 깶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB9 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAE76
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AE76
C/C++/Java Escape \uae76

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