U+AF95 "꾕" Hangul Syllable Ggoeng Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AF95 "꾕" Hangul Syllable Ggoeng is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "ggoeng" which is formed by combining the initial consonant “꾀” (a tense or double ‘g’ sound) with the medial vowel “ㅚ” (oe) and the final consonant “ㅇ” (ng). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllables that follow the standard Korean alphabet structure, allowing for efficient text processing in digital environments. In actual Korean usage, the syllable “꾕” is extremely rare and does not appear in common vocabulary, but it is technically valid within the Unicode Standard, reflecting the comprehensive coverage of every theoretically possible Hangul syllable. Its inclusion ensures that any correctly formed Korean syllable, no matter how uncommon, can be represented consistently across different platforms and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+AF95
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Ggoeng
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
"ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 꾕
HTML Hex Encoding 꾕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xBE 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAF95
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AF95
C/C++/Java Escape \uaf95

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter