U+AF1A "꼚" Hangul Syllable Ggyelm Unicode Character
U+AF1A "꼚" Hangul Syllable Ggyelm is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system Hangul, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "gg" (a tense, doubled version of the "g" sound), the medial vowel "ye" (as in "yes" without the final s), and the final consonant "lm" (a complex coda blending l and m sounds). This specific syllable, while valid within the Hangul orthographic system, is rare in actual Korean vocabulary and is classified under the Korean syllable block of the Unicode standard, which encodes all possible combinations of Hangul jamo characters in a systematic phonetic order. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any text requiring precise representation of Korean phonetics, even for uncommon syllables, can be displayed consistently across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF1A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyelm |
| 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 "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF1A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF1A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf1a |