U+AE88 "꺈" Hangul Syllable Ggyan Unicode Character
U+AE88 "꺈" Hangul Syllable Ggyan is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ggyan." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄁ (a tensed or double 'g' sound, known as ssanggiyeok) with the medial vowel Y-A (ㅑ) and the final consonant ㄴ (nieun). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encompasses all logically possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants encoded as single characters for efficient text processing. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean vocabulary, "꺈" illustrates the systematic and phonetic nature of the Hangul script, where tensed consonants create distinct lexical contrasts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AE88 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyan |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꺄" U+AE84 Hangul Syllable Ggya "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꺈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꺈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBA 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAE88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AE88 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uae88 |