U+B04C "끌" Hangul Syllable Ggeul Unicode Character
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U+B04C "끌" Hangul Syllable Ggeul is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul alphabet, representing the phonetic sound "ggeul," where the initial consonant is a double or tense 'ㄲ' (ssanggiyeok) combined with the vowel 'ㅡ' (eu) and the final consonant 'ㄹ' (rieul). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which systematically encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants. In practical usage, this syllable appears in Korean vocabulary such as "끌다" (ggeulda), meaning "to pull" or "to drag," highlighting its role in expressing tense consonant sounds that are distinctive in the Korean language.
General Properties
Code Point
U+B04C
Name
Hangul Syllable Ggeul
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
끌
HTML Hex Encoding
끌
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEB 0x81 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding
0xB04C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000B04C
C/C++/Java Escape
\ub04c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul