U+AFCB "꿋" Hangul Syllable Ggus Unicode Character
U+AFCB "꿋" Hangul Syllable Ggus is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, combining the initial consonant "ㄲ" (kk), the medial vowel "ㅜ" (u), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (t) to represent the sound "ggus" or "kkut." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations formed from the Hangul jamo (letters) for efficient text processing. In practical use, "꿋" appears in Korean vocabulary, though it is relatively uncommon, often occurring in words or contexts where the tight closure of the "kk" sound and the final "t" are phonetically required, such as in certain dialects or specific terms like "꿋꿋이" (kkutkkusi, meaning "stubbornly" or "firmly").
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AFCB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Ggus |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "꾸" U+AFB8 Hangul Syllable Ggu "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 꿋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 꿋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xBF 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAFCB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AFCB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uafcb |