U+B091 "낑" Hangul Syllable Gging Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
낑
U+B091 "낑" Hangul Syllable Gging is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "gging." It is formed from the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, double "g/k" sound) and the vowel "ㅣ" (a long "ee" sound), combining to create a single, indivisible character block typical of Hangul's syllabic structure. Classified under the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in the Korean language to write words such as "낑낑" which describes a whining or whimper sound, often associated with a small animal or a plaintive cry.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+B091 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gging |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "끼" U+B07C Hangul Syllable Ggi "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 낑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 낑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0x82 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xB091 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000B091 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ub091 |