U+AE3E "긾" Hangul Syllable Gilp Unicode Character
U+AE3E "긾" Hangul Syllable Gilp is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "기역" (giyeok, representing the sound "g"), the vowel "이" (i), and the final consonant "리을비읍" (rieul bieup, representing the consonant cluster "lp"). This syllable does not correspond to a common or standard Korean word, as the final consonant cluster "lp" is extremely rare and largely nonexistent in natural Korean vocabulary, making "긾" a theoretical or typographic construct rather than a syllable used in daily speech. It is encoded in the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which accounts for all possible combinations of initial, medial, and final jamo to support digital representation of the Korean alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE3E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Gilp |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "기" U+AE30 Hangul Syllable Gi "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 긾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 긾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB8 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE3E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE3E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae3e |