U+CED8 "컘" Hangul Syllable Kyaem Unicode Character
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 |