U+CE7F "칿" Hangul Syllable Kalb Unicode Character
U+CE7F "칿" Hangul Syllable Kalb is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value "kalb" which is formed from the initial consonant "ㅋ" (k), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant cluster "ㄼ" (lb). As part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, it was encoded to allow seamless digital text processing for Korean, where syllables are combined from individual jamo characters. This character specifically occurs in the modern Korean alphabet but is rarely used in common vocabulary, as its cluster "lb" is less frequent in everyday Korean words. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible valid Hangul syllables can be represented, maintaining linguistic completeness and supporting accurate rendering in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CE7F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kalb |
| 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 "ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 칿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 칿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xB9 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCE7F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CE7F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uce7f |