U+CE9D "캝" Hangul Syllable Kaelt Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CE9D "캝" Hangul Syllable Kaelt is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㄼ" (rieul bieup) to represent the sound "kaelt". It is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which includes all possible syllables that can be formed from the Korean alphabet, and it follows the standard Unicode encoding model where each syllable is assigned a unique code point for efficient text representation and processing. This character is used in written Korean for specific lexical items, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables like "가" or "나".

General Properties

Code Point U+CE9D
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kaelt
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "캐" U+CE90 Hangul Syllable Kae
"ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 캝
HTML Hex Encoding 캝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBA 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCE9D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CE9D
C/C++/Java Escape \uce9d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
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 Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter