U+AE60 "깠" Hangul Syllable Ggass Unicode Character
U+AE60 "깠" Hangul Syllable Ggass is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ggass" as a single character block. This syllable is formed from the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssanggiyeok, a double or tensed “g” sound), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant cluster "ㅆ" (ssangshiot, a double “s” sound), all combined according to the standard syllabic block structure of Hangul. As part of the Hangul Syllables Unicode block, it is used in written Korean to denote a tensed, aspirated pronunciation distinct from its single-consonant counterparts, and it appears in various modern Korean texts and digital communications. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper representation and interoperability across different computing platforms and fonts for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE60 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggass |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 깠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 깠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB9 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE60 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE60 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae60 |