U+AF55 "꽕" Hangul Syllable Ggwalt Unicode Character
U+AF55 "꽕" Hangul Syllable Ggwalt is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a double "g" or "kk" sound), the vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (l). This character represents a specific phonetic unit in Korean, though it is not commonly used in standard modern Korean vocabulary, as the syllable "ggwalt" rarely appears in everyday words or common texts. It is typically encountered in specialized linguistic contexts, such as in historical or regional transcriptions, or as a component in certain onomatopoeic or archaic expressions. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, "꽕" illustrates the systematic nature of the Korean writing system, where individual jamo (letters) are combined into syllabic blocks to efficiently encode the full range of Korean speech sounds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF55 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwalt |
| 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 "ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf55 |