U+AECC "껌" Hangul Syllable Ggeom Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
껌
U+AECC "껌" Hangul Syllable Ggeom is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ggeom." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄁ (ssanggiyeok), the vowel ᅥ (eo), and the final consonant ᆷ (mieum), which together create a single syllabic block. In the Korean language, this syllable appears in words such as "껌" meaning "gum" as in chewing gum, and it is commonly used in everyday vocabulary and texts. The inclusion of this syllable in Unicode ensures that Korean text can be digitally represented and processed consistently across various platforms and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AECC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggeom |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꺼" U+AEBC Hangul Syllable Ggeo "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 껌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 껌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBB 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAECC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AECC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaecc |