U+AEA8 "꺨" Hangul Syllable Ggyael Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꺨
U+AEA8 "꺨" Hangul Syllable Ggyael is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ggyael" with a tense initial consonant and a complex vowel. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssang-giyeok), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (yae), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), which together create a single block character used in the Korean alphabet. This specific syllable belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode and was added as part of the standard to ensure comprehensive digital representation of all possible Korean syllable combinations, though it is not commonly used in everyday modern Korean vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AEA8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyael |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꺨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꺨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBA 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAEA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AEA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaea8 |