U+AEA4 "꺤" Hangul Syllable Ggyaen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꺤
U+AEA4 "꺤" Hangul Syllable Ggyaen is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic value "ggyaen." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "kk" (a tense, doubled version of the "g" sound), the medial vowel "yae" (a diphthong starting with a palatal glide), and the final consonant "n." This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all 11,172 logically possible combinations of Korean letters. While not as common as simpler syllables, "꺤" can appear in specific Korean words or loanword transcriptions, and its inclusion in the standard ensures full digital representation of the language's orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AEA4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyaen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꺠" U+AEA0 Hangul Syllable Ggyae "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꺤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꺤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBA 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAEA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AEA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaea4 |