U+AEA6 "꺦" Hangul Syllable Ggyaenh Unicode Character
U+AEA6 "꺦" Hangul Syllable Ggyaenh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ggyaenh" as a single typographic unit within the Unicode Standard. This character is formed from the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, doubled version of the velar stop "ㄱ"), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (a "ya" sound with a preceding "y" glide), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (the alveolar nasal "n"), combined according to the standard rules of Hangul syllabic composition. As part of the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), it is used in written Korean to represent a specific syllable that may appear in vocabulary, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent encoding, display, and processing of this Hangul syllable across digital platforms and documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AEA6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyaenh |
| 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 "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꺦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꺦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBA 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAEA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AEA6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaea6 |