U+AF25 "꼥" Hangul Syllable Ggyeng Unicode Character
U+AF25 "꼥" Hangul Syllable Ggyeng is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "ggyeng," formed by combining the initial consonant "꼬" (a tense or double ‘g/k’ sound) with the medial vowel "ㅖ" (a ‘ye’ sound) and the final consonant "ㅇ" (the silent ‘ng’ that serves only to complete the syllable’s shape in modern Korean orthography). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, which contains all possible precomposed syllables formed from combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants. It is used in written Korean to represent a specific phonetic value that can occur in words or names, though it is relatively uncommon in modern vocabulary, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper representation and digital storage of the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF25 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyeng |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF25 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF25 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf25 |