U+AF1E "꼞" Hangul Syllable Ggyelp Unicode Character
U+AF1E "꼞" Hangul Syllable Ggyelp is a precomposed Korean syllable representing the sound “ggyelp,” formed from the initial consonant “gg” (a tensed ‘g’ sound), the medial vowel “ye,” and the final consonant “lp.” It is part of the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean jamo letters into single, self-contained characters for efficient text processing and display. This specific syllable is rarely used in modern Korean vocabulary, as its complex consonant cluster and tensed initial make it uncommon in everyday speech, but it exists as a valid phonetic unit within the systematic structure of Hangul. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all theoretically possible syllables from the Korean writing system can be digitally represented, preserving the full orthographic range for linguistic and historical purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF1E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyelp |
| 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 "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF1E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf1e |