U+B055 "끕" Hangul Syllable Ggeub Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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