U+B057 "끗" Hangul Syllable Ggeus Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B057 "끗" Hangul Syllable Ggeus is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "ggeus." It is formed from the initial consonant ᄁ (ssang giyeok), the medial vowel ᅳ (eu), and the final consonant ᄉ (siot). In Korean, this syllable serves as a crucial component in words like "끝" (kkeut), meaning "end" or "tip," though it appears in various contexts depending on its combination within written text. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, U+B057 was introduced to encode the complete set of syllabic forms used in standard Korean orthography, facilitating digital representation of the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+B057
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggeus
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
"ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 끗
HTML Hex Encoding 끗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x81 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB057
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B057
C/C++/Java Escape \ub057

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