U+AF43 "꽃" Hangul Syllable Ggoc Unicode Character
U+AF43 "꽃" Hangul Syllable Ggoc is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ggoc" and meaning "flower." It combines the initial consonant "ㄲ" (ssanggiyeok, a tensed 'g' sound) with the vowel "ㅗ" (o) and the final consonant "ㅊ" (chieut, an aspirated 'ch' sound), forming a single character block according to modern Korean orthographic rules. This specific syllable is widely used in everyday Korean vocabulary, most notably in the word for "flower," and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation across platforms and text processing systems, preserving the cultural and linguistic significance of the term. The character is part of the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), which contains all possible precomposed Hangul syllable blocks used in the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF43 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggoc |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf43 |