U+314B "ㅋ" Hangul Letter Khieukh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ㅋ
U+314B "ㅋ" Hangul Letter Khieukh is a consonant letter from the modern Korean alphabet known as Hangul, where it represents the aspirated velar plosive sound, similar to the English "k" sound but pronounced with a strong puff of air. In the Korean writing system, it is classified as the eleventh consonant in the traditional order and corresponds to the letter "k" in the Romanized transcription known as Revised Romanization of Korean. This character is used as a standalone letter in syllables or as an initial or final consonant in syllable blocks, playing a crucial role in forming words pronounced with a clear, aspirated "k" sound, such as in the word "커피" (keopi), meaning "coffee."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+314B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Letter Khieukh |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Hangul Letter Kiyeok |
| Block | Hangul Compatibility Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄏ" U+110F Hangul Choseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ㅋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ㅋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE3 0x85 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x314B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000314B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u314b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ᄏ" U+110F Hangul Choseong Khieukh |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ᄏ" U+110F Hangul Choseong Khieukh |
| Script | Hangul |
| Script Extensions | Hangul |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |