U+B076 "끶" Hangul Syllable Ggyij Unicode Character
U+B076 "끶" Hangul Syllable Ggyij is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "gg" (a tensed "g" sound), the medial vowel "yi" (a rare or archaic vowel representing a front rounded sound), and the final consonant "j" (the "j" sound). While this specific syllable is extremely rare in standard modern Korean vocabulary, it is part of the comprehensive Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes over 11,000 possible syllable combinations to support historical texts, linguistic notation, and accurate digital representation of the entire Korean syllabary. Its inclusion ensures that any valid Hangul syllable, regardless of frequency of use, can be reliably encoded and exchanged in digital systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B076 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyij |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "끠" U+B060 Hangul Syllable Ggyi "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 끶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 끶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x81 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB076 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B076 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub076 |