U+AFAA "꾪" Hangul Syllable Ggyolp Unicode Character
U+AFAA "꾪" Hangul Syllable Ggyolp is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "gg" (a tensed or double "g" sound), the medial vowel "yo" (similar to the "yo" in "yonder"), and the final consonant "lp" (a double consonant pronounced as an "l" followed by a soft "p" closure). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes thousands of possible syllable blocks formed by combining Korean jamo characters. In modern Korean usage, syllables like 꾪 are rare and typically appear in specialized or older vocabulary, as the final consonant cluster "lp" is uncommon in contemporary standard Korean speech, making this character a notable example of the systematic coverage Unicode provides for the entire Hangul syllable inventory.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AFAA |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyolp |
| 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 "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꾪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꾪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBE 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAFAA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AFAA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uafaa |