U+AE2F "긯" Hangul Syllable Gyih Unicode Character
U+AE2F "긯" Hangul Syllable Gyih is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for the Korean language. It represents the sound "gyih" and is composed of the initial consonant "기역" (giyeok, representing the "g" sound), the medial vowel "ㅢ" (ui, a diphthong pronounced like "yih" as in the English "y" followed by the "i" sound), and the final consonant "히읗" (hieut, representing a final "h" sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean lead, vowel, and tail jamo in a single code point for efficient text processing. As a rare or specialized syllable, "긯" may appear in specific vocabulary, literary works, or advanced linguistic contexts, but it is not commonly used in everyday modern Korean writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE2F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gyih |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "긔" U+AE14 Hangul Syllable Gyi "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 긯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 긯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB8 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE2F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae2f |