U+B044 "끄" Hangul Syllable Ggeu Unicode Character
U+B044 "끄" Hangul Syllable Ggeu is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "ggeu," which is a tensed or reinforced version of the basic syllable "그" (geu). It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄁ (ssanggiyeok, a double "g/k" sound) with the medial vowel ᅳ (eu, a vertical straight-line vowel) and no final consonant (batchim). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, where each syllable is encoded as a single precomposed code point to simplify text processing and rendering. In Korean writing, "끄" appears in words such as "끄다" (kkeuda, meaning to turn off or extinguish) and is an essential part of the language's phonetic inventory, particularly for expressing tense consonants that distinguish meaning in Korean phonology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B044 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggeu |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄁ" U+1101 Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok "ᅳ" U+1173 Hangul Jungseong Eu |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 끄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 끄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x81 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB044 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B044 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub044 |