U+AEFF "껿" Hangul Syllable Ggyeolb Unicode Character
U+AEFF "껿" Hangul Syllable Ggyeolb is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "gg" (a tense, doubled sound), the vowel "yeo" (similar to the "yo" in "yonder" but with a more open mouth), and the final consonant "lb" (a double final consonant pronounced as a sequence of an 'l' and a 'b' sound). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block (AC00–D7AF), which encodes all 11,172 possible syllables of the Korean writing system in a single Unicode range, enabling efficient text processing and display for the Korean language. While the syllable "껿" is a valid and recognized character in this system, it is considered rare and does not commonly appear in everyday Korean vocabulary, often being used in specialized or historic contexts when such a phonetic combination is needed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AEFF |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyeolb |
| 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 "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 껿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 껿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBB 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAEFF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AEFF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaeff |