U+AF9C "꾜" Hangul Syllable Ggyo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꾜
U+AF9C "꾜" Hangul Syllable Ggyo is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "ggyoh" formed by the initial consonant "gg" (a tense double consonant resembling "kk") and the medial vowel "yo." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used in modern Korean text to represent words or morphemes that require this specific syllable, though it is relatively less common than more frequent syllables like 가 (ga) or 나 (na). This character was added to the Unicode standard to enable accurate digital representation of all possible Hangul syllabic combinations, ensuring proper display and processing of the Korean language across devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF9C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄁ" U+1101 Hangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok "ᅭ" U+116D Hangul Jungseong Yo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꾜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꾜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBE 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF9C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf9c |