U+AF9C "꾜" Hangul Syllable Ggyo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LV Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LV 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=LV
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter