U+AF17 "꼗" Hangul Syllable Ggyed Unicode Character
U+AF17 "꼗" Hangul Syllable Ggyed is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ggyed" in the Revised Romanization of Korean. It is formed from the initial consonant cluster "ㄲ" (a tense or double "g" sound), the medial vowel "ㅖ" (which is pronounced as "ye"), and the final consonant "ㄷ" (a "t" sound that becomes "d" when followed by a vowel). This syllable is part of the full Hangul syllabary block in Unicode, which includes all logically possible combinations of Korean jamo characters to ensure complete digital representation of the language. While not a high-frequency word in itself, "꼗" can appear in specific vocabulary or names, contributing to the accurate encoding of Korean text in computing and digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF17 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyed |
| 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 "ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF17 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf17 |