U+AF9E "꾞" Hangul Syllable Ggyogg Unicode Character
U+AF9E "꾞" Hangul Syllable Ggyogg is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "gg" (a tensed or double "g" sound), the vowel "yo" (ㅛ), and the final consonant "gg" (ㄲ). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of initial, medial, and final jamo letters in a single character for efficient text processing. Specifically, "꾞" is formed by the initial consonant ᄁ (U+1101), the medial vowel ᅭ (U+116D), and the final consonant ᆩ (U+11A9), and its usage reflects the rich consonantal and vowel system of Korean, where tensed consonants like "gg" produce a distinct, harder pronunciation compared to their plain counterparts. The syllable is relatively rare in everyday Korean vocabulary, appearing in words such as "꾹꾹" (meaning "firmly" or "stiffly") or as an onomatopoeic expression, demonstrating how this specific combination contributes to the
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF9E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyogg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꾜" U+AF9C Hangul Syllable Ggyo "ᆩ" U+11A9 Hangul Jongseong Ssangkiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꾞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꾞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBE 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF9E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF9E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf9e |