U+AF9F "꾟" Hangul Syllable Ggyogs Unicode Character
U+AF9F "꾟" Hangul Syllable Ggyogs is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tensed velar plosive, representing the sound "gg"), the medial vowel "ㅛ" (the diphthong "yo"), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (a complex coda representing a "gs" or "ks" sound). This syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block in the Unicode standard, which encodes all possible combinations of chosen initial, medial, and final characters in the Korean writing system. While very rare in modern Korean usage due to its complex and uncommon final consonant cluster, it would theoretically be pronounced as something like "gyyoks" in isolation, with the final cluster representing a more archaizing or technical phonetic record. As a Unicode character, "꾟" serves primarily as a reference point for linguistic studies, digital typography, and historical or formal transcriptions of Korean phonology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AF9F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyogs |
| 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 "ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꾟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꾟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBE 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAF9F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AF9F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaf9f |