U+AF40 "꽀" Hangul Syllable Ggoss Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꽀
U+AF40 "꽀" Hangul Syllable Ggoss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ggot" with a tense initial consonant, formed from the initial consonant digraph "ㄲ" (ssanggiyeok) and the vowel "ㅗ" (o), followed by the final consonant "ㅅ" (siot). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations of the Korean alphabet, allowing for efficient representation in digital text. This particular syllable is rarely used in everyday Korean vocabulary but may appear in specialized or historical contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF40 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggoss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf40 |