U+AF48 "꽈" Hangul Syllable Ggwa Unicode Character
U+AF48 "꽈" Hangul Syllable Ggwa is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system Hangul, representing the sound "ggwa" with a tense initial consonant. It is formed by combining the initial consonant letter ᄁ (ssang giyeok, a doubled form of the basic 'g' sound) with the medial vowel letter ᆉ (wa, a diphthong combining the vowels 'o' and 'a'), resulting in a single encoded character within the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode. This character is used in standard Korean text to write words that contain this particular syllable, such as in the verb 꽈배기 (ggwabaegi), which refers to a twisted Korean pastry, and it follows the typical phonetic and structural rules of Hangul syllable composition by occupying a full square block when displayed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF48 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwa |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄁ" U+1101 Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok "ᅪ" U+116A Hangul Jungseong Wa |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF48 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf48 |