U+B08F "낏" Hangul Syllable Ggis Unicode Character
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U+B08F "낏" Hangul Syllable Ggis is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean sound "ggis," formed by the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense or double 'kk/g'), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (a long 'ee/i' sound), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (an 's/t' sound). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible combinations of Korean letters arranged in syllable blocks, a system that revolutionized Korean literacy after its creation in the 15th century. In modern Korean, this syllable is rarely used in common vocabulary but can appear in transliterations, technical linguistic contexts, or as a part of derived or onomatopoeic words.
General Properties
Code Point
U+B08F
Name
Hangul Syllable Ggis
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
낏
HTML Hex Encoding
낏
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEB 0x82 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding
0xB08F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000B08F
C/C++/Java Escape
\ub08f
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul