U+AFB7 "꾷" Hangul Syllable Ggyoh Unicode Character
U+AFB7 "꾷" Hangul Syllable Ggyoh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing a specific phonetic combination. It consists of the initial consonant "ㄲ" (a tense, double gg sound), the medial vowel "ㅛ" (yo), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (h), which together form a syllable that is pronounced like "ggyoh" in English approximation. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes all possible precomposed syllables formed from initial consonants, medial vowels, and optional final consonants according to the standard South Korean orthography. While not among the most commonly used syllables in everyday Korean vocabulary, it exists as a valid linguistic unit within the systematic range of Hangul syllables encoded to ensure comprehensive text support for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AFB7 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggyoh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꾷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꾷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBE 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAFB7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AFB7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uafb7 |