U+AE4F "깏" Hangul Syllable Ggags Unicode Character
U+AE4F "깏" Hangul Syllable Ggags is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ggags" formed by the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense or double 'g/k'), the vowel "ㅏ" (the low central vowel 'a'), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (a cluster pronounced as 'ks' or 'gt' in Korean). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 syllables arranged in a systematic order based on the Korean alphabet's consonant and vowel combinations. This specific syllable is rarely used in modern Korean vocabulary, as it typically appears in specialized contexts such as archaic spellings, onomatopoeia, or transliterations, and its presence in Unicode ensures consistent representation and rendering across digital platforms for preserving linguistic accuracy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE4F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggags |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "까" U+AE4C Hangul Syllable Gga "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 깏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 깏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB9 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE4F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE4F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae4f |