U+AE80 "꺀" Hangul Syllable Ggaek Unicode Character
U+AE80 "꺀" Hangul Syllable Ggaek is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "ggaek," formed from the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssang-giyeok) and the vowel "ㅐ" (ae) with the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok) as a batchim. It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, which encodes the modern Korean writing system's syllabic blocks in a predictable order based on initial, medial, and final jamo components. This character is primarily used in the Korean language to represent the lexical unit "꺽," though its frequency of use is relatively low compared to more common Hangul syllables, and it appears in words such as "꺾다" meaning "to bend" or "to snap." As part of Unicode's comprehensive encoding of all valid Hangul syllable combinations, U+AE80 ensures proper digital representation and text processing for Korean content across various platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE80 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggaek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꺀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꺀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBA 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE80 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae80 |