U+AF1E "꼞" Hangul Syllable Ggyelp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter