U+AF2B "꼫" Hangul Syllable Ggyeh Unicode Character
U+AF2B "꼫" Hangul Syllable Ggyeh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language, representing the phonetic value "ggyeh." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, doubled version of "ㄱ" representing the /k͈/ sound) with the medial vowel "ㅖ" (which makes a "yeh" sound, similar to the 'ye' in "yes"). This specific character is categorized under the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode and is typically used in standard Korean orthography, where it serves as a single typographic unit rather than being composed of separate jamo characters. As a valid Hangul syllable, it appears in modern Korean text for words or morphemes that require this particular sound combination, though it is less common than syllables with basic vowels.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF2B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyeh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf2b |