U+CED8 "컘" Hangul Syllable Kyaem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CED8 "컘" Hangul Syllable Kyaem is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script used to write the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅋ" (k) with the medial vowel "ㅒ" (yae) and the final consonant "ㅁ" (m). This specific syllable does not commonly occur in standard Korean vocabulary and is primarily used in technical contexts such as digital text encoding, linguistic analysis, or as part of valid but rare orthographic forms within the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which enables efficient representation of all possible Korean syllable combinations. Its code point and glyph ensure that any digital text requiring this specific sound can be accurately rendered and processed across compatible systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+CED8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kyaem
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
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 컘
HTML Hex Encoding 컘
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBB 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCED8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CED8
C/C++/Java Escape \uced8

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