U+AF5E "꽞" Hangul Syllable Ggwaj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꽞
U+AF5E "꽞" Hangul Syllable Ggwaj is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system representing the sound "ggwaj," which is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, fortis double consonant representing a hardened 'g' sound), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (a diphthong combining 'o' and 'a' sounds), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (a 'j' sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which arranges the 11,172 possible syllabic combinations used in the Korean language in a systematic order. In standard modern Korean, "꽞" is an uncommon syllable with limited usage, primarily appearing in specialized or older vocabulary rather than in contemporary everyday text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF5E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwaj |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF5E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF5E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf5e |