U+CE78 "칸" Hangul Syllable Kan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
칸
U+CE78 "칸" Hangul Syllable Kan is a precomposed syllable representing the sound "kan" in the Korean writing system, Hangul. It consists of the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (nieun), combining to form a single character block. This syllable is commonly used in the Korean language, appearing in words like "칸" meaning "compartment," "room," or "cell," and in the suffix "-칸" for counting spaces or sections. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded for digital text representation to support the correct display and processing of modern Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CE78 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kan |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "카" U+CE74 Hangul Syllable Ka "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 칸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 칸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB9 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCE78 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CE78 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uce78 |