U+CE8F "캏" Hangul Syllable Kah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
캏
U+CE8F "캏" Hangul Syllable Kah is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "kah" as it appears in the Korean alphabet Hangeul. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (hieut), making it a syllable that is seldom used in standard contemporary Korean vocabulary but remains a valid part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible syllable combinations in Hangeul, including rare ones, can be digitally represented and processed consistently across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CE8F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kah |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 캏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 캏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBA 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCE8F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CE8F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uce8f |