U+AE7D "깽" Hangul Syllable Ggaeng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
깽
U+AE7D "깽" Hangul Syllable Ggaeng is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script of the Korean language, representing the sound "ggaeng." It combines the initial consonant ㄲ (ssanggiyeok, a tensed double k/g sound) with the medial vowel ㅐ (ae) and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung, acting as a placeholder for a vowel-final syllable). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllables formed according to the Korean writing system. While "깽" is not one of the most common syllables in modern Korean, it appears in various words and onomatopoeic expressions such as 깽깽 (ggaeng-ggaeng), which can describe a high-pitched sound or a whining cry.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE7D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggaeng |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "깨" U+AE68 Hangul Syllable Ggae "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 깽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 깽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xB9 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE7D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE7D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae7d |