U+AF4F "꽏" Hangul Syllable Ggwad Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AF4F "꽏" Hangul Syllable Ggwad is a single precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic value of "ggwad," which combines the tense/fortis initial consonant "ㄲ" (gg) with the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa) and the final consonant "ㄷ" (d). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants that are valid in standard Hangul orthography. As a composed syllable, it is typically used in lexical contexts rather than as a standalone morpheme, contributing to the systematic representation of Korean phonology in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+AF4F
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggwad
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "꽈" U+AF48 Hangul Syllable Ggwa
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 꽏
HTML Hex Encoding 꽏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xBD 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAF4F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AF4F
C/C++/Java Escape \uaf4f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter