U+AF5C "꽜" Hangul Syllable Ggwass Unicode Character
U+AF5C "꽜" Hangul Syllable Ggwass is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic unit "ggwass." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, double "g" sound), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (the diphthong "wa"), and the final consonant "ㅆ" (the double "ss" sound). In Unicode encoding, it belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which contains a vast array of precomposed Korean characters arranged algorithmically according to the standard Hangul syllable structure. While this specific syllable may not be among the most common in everyday contemporary Korean vocabulary, its existence reflects the systematic coverage of the language's phonetic possibilities within the Unicode standard, ensuring accurate representation and processing of Korean text in digital contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF5C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwass |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF5C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF5C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf5c |