U+AF16 "꼖" Hangul Syllable Ggyenh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꼖
U+AF16 "꼖" Hangul Syllable Ggyenh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "gg" (a tensed "g" sound), the medial vowel "ye" (a diphthong similar to "yeh"), and the final consonant "nh" (a nasal sound produced at the soft palate). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables formed from the Korean alphabet's initial, medial, and final letters, enabling efficient and standardized digital representation of Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF16 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyenh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꼐" U+AF10 Hangul Syllable Ggye "ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf16 |