U+AF6B "꽫" Hangul Syllable Ggwaed Unicode Character
U+AF6B "꽫" Hangul Syllable Ggwaed is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "ggwaed" which combines the initial consonant "gg" (a tensed form of "g"), the medial vowel "wae" (a diphthong combining "wa" and "ae"), and the final consonant "d." It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, a large Unicode range that encodes all possible syllable blocks formed according to the orthographic rules of the Korean alphabet. This character is used in written Korean to represent specific lexical items or morphological forms where this syllable appears, though it may be relatively rare in everyday vocabulary compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and processing of Korean text across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF6B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwaed |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꽤" U+AF64 Hangul Syllable Ggwae "ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF6B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF6B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf6b |