U+C545 "악" Hangul Syllable Ag Unicode Character
U+C545 "악" Hangul Syllable Ag is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, which is used to write the Korean language. This specific syllable is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅇ" (which is silent in syllable-initial position), the central vowel "ㅏ" (representing the "a" sound as in "father"), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (representing the "k" or "g" sound), resulting in the phonetic value of "ak" or "ag" depending on its phonetic context. It appears in a wide range of Korean vocabulary, including words like "악기" (akgi, meaning musical instrument) and "악몽" (angmong, meaning nightmare). As part of the Unicode Standard, this character ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms and systems, maintaining the integrity of written Korean in global computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C545 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ag |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "아" U+C544 Hangul Syllable A "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 악 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 악 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x95 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC545 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C545 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc545 |