U+CE8B "캋" Hangul Syllable Kac Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
캋
U+CE8B "캋" Hangul Syllable Kac is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "kac" or "katch." This syllable is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㅊ" (chieut), which together create a closed syllable block typical of Korean writing. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used in written Korean to represent a specific lexical or grammatical unit, though it is relatively rare and may not appear frequently in common modern vocabulary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CE8B |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kac |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 캋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 캋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBA 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCE8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CE8B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uce8b |