U+AF61 "꽡" Hangul Syllable Ggwat Unicode Character
U+AF61 "꽡" Hangul Syllable Ggwat is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the sound "ggwat" as part of the Korean writing system. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tensed double consonant representing a hard "g" sound), the vowel "ㅘ" (which produces a "wa" sound when combined), and the final consonant "ㅌ" (representing a "t" sound). As a member of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes over 11,000 syllables according to the modern Korean alphabet's phonetic patterns, "꽡" is used in written Korean for specific lexical items or grammatical forms, though it is relatively uncommon compared to more frequent syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and text processing for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF61 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwat |
| 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 "ᇀ" U+11C0 Hangul Jongseong Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF61 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf61 |