U+AF37 "꼷" Hangul Syllable Ggolb Unicode Character
U+AF37 "꼷" Hangul Syllable Ggolb is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the phonetic value "ggolb" formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (gg), the medial vowel "ㅗ" (o), and the final consonant "ㄼ" (lb). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes syllables in logical order according to the Korean standard KS X 1001 and contemporary usage. As a fully formed syllable, "꼷" allows for direct text representation and processing, eliminating the need to compose it from individual jamo characters in digital environments. Its practical use in Korean text is rare, as it appears in only a few words or specialized contexts, primarily demonstrating the systematic and efficient encoding of the Korean writing system within Unicode.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF37 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggolb |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꼬" U+AF2C Hangul Syllable Ggo "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꼷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꼷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBC 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF37 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF37 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf37 |