U+AE7B "깻" Hangul Syllable Ggaes Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AE7B "깻" Hangul Syllable Ggaes is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "ggaes." It is formed from the initial consonant ㄲ (ssang giyeok, a tensed double consonant), the medial vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㅅ (siot), which together create a single syllabic block used in writing Korean words. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible syllables formed by combining Korean initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants. The syllable "깻" can appear in various Korean terms, such as "깻잎" meaning "perilla leaf," a common ingredient in Korean cuisine, and it underscores the systematic and phonetic nature of the Hangul writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+AE7B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggaes
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 깻
HTML Hex Encoding 깻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xB9 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAE7B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AE7B
C/C++/Java Escape \uae7b

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