U+AEF6 "껶" Hangul Syllable Ggyeogg Unicode Character
U+AEF6 "껶" Hangul Syllable Ggyeogg is a single precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of an initial velar tensed consonant "gg", the vowel "yeo", and a double final consonant "gg". This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean lead, vowel, and tail jamo as discrete code points. The syllable "껶" is not commonly used in modern Korean vocabulary and may appear in historical texts, regional dialects, or specialized transliterations where precise phonetic rendering is required. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that Korean text can be represented accurately and consistently in digital environments, supporting the full range of Hangul orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AEF6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyeogg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "껴" U+AEF4 Hangul Syllable Ggyeo "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 껶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 껶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBB 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAEF6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AEF6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaef6 |