U+AF18 "꼘" Hangul Syllable Ggyel Unicode Character
U+AF18 "꼘" Hangul Syllable Ggyel is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the sound "ggyel" as a tensed or reinforced version of the syllable "gyel." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssanggiyeok), the medial vowel "ㅖ" (ye), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (rieul), as part of the modern Korean writing system used to write the Korean language. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes complete syllable blocks rather than individual jamo components, allowing for efficient digital representation of Korean text. While relatively uncommon in everyday vocabulary, 꼘 may appear in specialized terms, archaic forms, or as part of compound words, contributing to the full phonetic range of Korean orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF18 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyel |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf18 |