U+AE16 "" Hangul Syllable Gyigg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+AE16 "" Hangul Syllable Gyigg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system, representing a specific phonetic block in the Korean language. It is formed by combining the initial consonant "기역" (giyeok, pronounced as a soft 'g' or 'k'), the medial vowel "ㅣ" (i, pronounced like the 'ee' in 'see'), and the final consonant "ㄲ" (ssang giyeok, a double 'k' sound that creates a tense or glottalized articulation). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character is encoded to allow efficient text representation and processing in digital environments, though it is extremely rare in actual Korean vocabulary, with no common words using this specific syllable. Its existence highlights the systematic nature of the Korean script, where all possible combinations of initials, vowels, and finals have their own Unicode positions.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
긖
HTML Hex Encoding
긖
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0xB8 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0xAE16
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000AE16
C/C++/Java Escape
\uae16