U+AF8A "꾊" Hangul Syllable Ggoelm Unicode Character
U+AF8A "꾊" Hangul Syllable Ggoelm is a specific precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "ggoelm." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, double 'g' sound), the medial vowel "ㅚ" (a diphthong pronounced like 'oe' or 'we'), and the final consonant "ㄻ" (a double consonant representing an 'lm' sound). As a precomposed character in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, 꾊 allows for efficient text processing and display of Korean, where syllables are the fundamental units of writing, rather than requiring individual jamo (letter) composition for every occurrence. This particular syllable is rare in everyday Korean vocabulary and is more likely encountered in technical language, specialized contexts, or as a component in more complex compound words.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF8A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggoelm |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꾀" U+AF80 Hangul Syllable Ggoe "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꾊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꾊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBE 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF8A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF8A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf8a |