U+CEAB "캫" Hangul Syllable Kaeh Unicode Character
U+CEAB "캫" Hangul Syllable Kaeh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅐ" (ae), and the final consonant "ㅎ" (hieut). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks formed from the basic Jamo letters used in the Korean alphabet. This specific syllable, pronounced roughly like "kaeh" in English, is primarily used in the Korean language as a component of written text, though it is relatively uncommon in everyday vocabulary compared to more frequent syllables. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures proper digital representation and processing of Korean text across various computing platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CEAB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kaeh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 캫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 캫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBA 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCEAB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CEAB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uceab |