U+CEA6 "캦" Hangul Syllable Kaej Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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