U+B058 "끘" Hangul Syllable Ggeuss Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B058 "끘" Hangul Syllable Ggeuss is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, representing a single block that combines the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, double 'g' or 'k' sound), the vowel "ㅡ" (a close back unrounded vowel like the 'eu' in English "good"), and the final consonant cluster "ㅆ" (a tense, double 's' sound). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character encodes the phonetic unit "ggeuss" (with the final double 's' producing a sharp, geminated pronunciation), and it is used exclusively in writing the Korean language, where it contributes to the precise representation of words and morphemes in the Korean alphabet.

General Properties

Code Point U+B058
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggeuss
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
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 끘
HTML Hex Encoding 끘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x81 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB058
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B058
C/C++/Java Escape \ub058

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