U+B055 "끕" Hangul Syllable Ggeub Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
끕
U+B055 "끕" Hangul Syllable Ggeub is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the sound "ggeub" as used in the Korean language. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, doubled 'g' or 'kk'), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (the vowel 'eu'), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (the consonant 'b' or 'p'). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, "끕" is classified as an encoded letter, not a standard punctuation or symbol, and its appearance and usage are specific to Korean orthography and typography, where it may appear in certain words or proper nouns but is not among the most common syllables in modern Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B055 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggeub |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "끄" U+B044 Hangul Syllable Ggeu "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 끕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 끕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x81 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB055 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B055 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub055 |