U+CEBF "캿" Hangul Syllable Kyas Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
캿
U+CEBF "캿" Hangul Syllable Kyas is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the medial vowel "ㅑ" (ya), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (siot). It represents the sound "kyas," which is a valid but very rare syllable in Korean, appearing in only a handful of words or transcriptions. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters to facilitate digital text processing. While not commonly used in everyday Korean, its existence in the standard ensures comprehensive coverage for linguistic and technological accuracy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CEBF |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kyas |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 캿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 캿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBA 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCEBF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CEBF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucebf |