U+CEAF "캯" Hangul Syllable Kyags Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CEAF "캯" Hangul Syllable Kyags is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "kyags." It is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the medial vowel "ㅑ" (ya), and the final consonant cluster "ㄳ" (giyeok-sios), which together create a single syllabic block. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters in a unified and contiguous character range, allowing for efficient text processing and display. As part of the Korean script, "캯" is used in written Korean to express words or morphemes that require this specific phonetic and orthographic combination, though it is relatively rare in everyday usage.

General Properties

Code Point U+CEAF
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kyags
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "캬" U+CEAC Hangul Syllable Kya
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 캯
HTML Hex Encoding 캯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBA 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCEAF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CEAF
C/C++/Java Escape \uceaf

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