U+AEB5 "꺵" Hangul Syllable Ggyaeng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꺵
U+AEB5 "꺵" Hangul Syllable Ggyaeng is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ggyaeng." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tensed 'kk' sound), the medial diphthong "ㅒ" (pronounced 'yae'), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (the silent or nasal 'ng' ending). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible 11,172 valid syllable combinations derived from the Korean alphabet. While "꺵" is a legitimate orthographic unit, it is relatively rare in everyday Korean vocabulary and is primarily used in specific contexts such as onomatopoeia, dialectal expressions, or technical linguistic references.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AEB5 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyaeng |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꺵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꺵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBA 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAEB5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AEB5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaeb5 |