U+AED1 "껑" Hangul Syllable Ggeong Unicode Character
U+AED1 "껑" Hangul Syllable Ggeong is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ggeong." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tensed or double "g" sound called Ssanggiyeok), the vowel "ㅓ" (eo, similar to the "u" in "fur"), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ieung, which here functions as the velar nasal "ng" as in "song"). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables that allow for efficient text processing and display of Korean written language. In practical use, "껑" is a legitimate but relatively rare syllable, appearing primarily as part of certain native Korean words or onomatopoeia rather than in common vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AED1 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggeong |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꺼" U+AEBC Hangul Syllable Ggeo "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 껑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 껑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBB 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAED1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AED1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaed1 |