U+AEED "껭" Hangul Syllable Ggeng Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AEED "껭" Hangul Syllable Ggeng is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "ggeng," which is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssanggiyeok, a tensed 'g' sound), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㅇ" (ieung, representing the velar nasal 'ng'). Used in the modern Korean writing system, this syllable appears in words such as "껭이," a colloquial or dialect term for a type of crab or a small creature, and is also found in onomatopoeic expressions. Its inclusion in the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode ensures that the syllable is represented as a single, indivisible character for correct text processing, display, and storage in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+AEED
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggeng
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "께" U+AED8 Hangul Syllable Gge
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 껭
HTML Hex Encoding 껭
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xBB 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAEED
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AEED
C/C++/Java Escape \uaeed

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter