U+CEA6 "캦" Hangul Syllable Kaej Unicode Character
U+CEA6 "캦" Hangul Syllable Kaej is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "kaej". It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㅈ" (jieut). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Hangul jamo into single codepoints for efficient text processing. While "캦" is a valid and standardized syllable, it is not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, as most syllables with the final consonant "ㅈ" after the vowel "ㅐ" are rare in practical language usage. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures full coverage of the Korean writing system for digital representation and processing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CEA6 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kaej |
| 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 "ᆽ" U+11BD Hangul Jongseong Cieuc |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 캦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 캦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBA 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCEA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CEA6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucea6 |