U+B05F "끟" Hangul Syllable Ggeuh Unicode Character
U+B05F "끟" Hangul Syllable Ggeuh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic value "kkeu" with a final "h" consonant sound, specifically the tense "kk" initial sound followed by the vowel "eu" and the final consonant "h". This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants in a single code point for efficient text processing. The syllable "끟" itself carries semantic meaning, typically referring to a string, cord, or ribbon in Korean, and is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssang giyeok), the vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (hieut) into a single composed character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B05F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggeuh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 끟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 끟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x81 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB05F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B05F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub05f |