U+AF03 "꼃" Hangul Syllable Ggyeolh Unicode Character
U+AF03 "꼃" Hangul Syllable Ggyeolh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssang giyeok, representing a tense 'kk' sound), the medial vowel "ㅕ" (yeo, representing the sound 'yeo'), and the final consonant "ㅀ" (rieul hieut, representing an 'lh' cluster). This syllable functions as a phonetic building block in Korean, where such blocks are assembled to represent spoken syllables rather than carrying independent meanings on their own. Like all precomposed Hangul syllables in the Unicode standard, it exists in the Hangul Syllables block and is encoded for efficient text processing and display, supporting both the full inventory of modern Korean phonology and legacy systems that require explicit syllable forms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF03 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyeolh |
| 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 "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF03 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF03 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf03 |