U+B059 "끙" Hangul Syllable Ggeung Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
끙
U+B059 "끙" Hangul Syllable Ggeung is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ggeung." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssang giyeok, a tensed "g" sound) with the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu) and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ieung, which serves as a silent ending here), following the standard block-shaped composition of Hangul syllables. This character is used in the Korean language to write words or morphemes where this specific syllable occurs, often in onomatopoeic expressions or context-specific vocabulary, and it is encoded in the Unicode standard to ensure consistent digital representation across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B059 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggeung |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 끙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 끙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x81 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB059 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B059 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub059 |