U+AF77 "꽷" Hangul Syllable Ggwaes Unicode Character
U+AF77 "꽷" Hangul Syllable Ggwaes is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "ggwaes," formed from the initial consonant ᄁ (a double "g" or fortis velar plosive), the medial vowel ㅙ (the diphthong "wae"), and the final consonant ᄉ (the "s" sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants arranged in a systematic order. While not among the most common syllables in modern standard Korean, "꽷" is used in some native Korean words or loanword adaptations, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any text requiring this specific syllable, such as in linguistic transcription or specialized vocabulary, can be accurately represented and processed across digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF77 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggwaes |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꽷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꽷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBD 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF77 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF77 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf77 |