U+CECC "컌" Hangul Syllable Kyaen Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CECC "컌" Hangul Syllable Kyaen is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "kyaen" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the medial vowel "ㅒ" (yae), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (nieun). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block within Unicode, which encodes all logically possible syllable blocks formed from the Korean alphabet. While "컌" is a valid and correctly formed syllable, it is not commonly used in everyday contemporary Korean vocabulary, as its sound combination typically appears in specialized or transliterated terms rather than in native words. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation for Korean text processing across different platforms and systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+CECC
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kyaen
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "컈" U+CEC8 Hangul Syllable Kyae
"ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 컌
HTML Hex Encoding 컌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBB 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCECC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CECC
C/C++/Java Escape \ucecc

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