U+AF8F "꾏" Hangul Syllable Ggoelh Unicode Character
U+AF8F "꾏" Hangul Syllable Ggoelh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul syllabary, representing the sound "ggoelh" in the Korean writing system. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, double "g" or "kk") with the medial vowel "ㅚ" (the diphthong "oe" as in "we" but rounded) and the final consonant "ㄹ" (the "l" sound). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations of Korean letters in a unified, precomposed format for efficient text processing and display. While this specific syllable may not appear frequently in everyday Korean vocabulary, it exists as a valid phonetic construct within the language's systematic writing logic, highlighting the comprehensive nature of the Hangul script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF8F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggoelh |
| 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 "ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꾏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꾏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBE 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF8F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf8f |