U+CEF6 "컶" Hangul Syllable Keobs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CEF6 "컶" Hangul Syllable Keobs is a modern Hangul syllable composed of the initial consonant ㅋ (kieuk), the medial vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant ㅄ (bieup and siot combined), which produces the sound "keobs." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes precomposed syllables for efficient representation of the Korean writing system. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean text, "컶" is used in formal or technical contexts, such as in academic or linguistic materials, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all valid modern Hangul syllables can be reliably represented in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+CEF6
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Keobs
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "커" U+CEE4 Hangul Syllable Keo
"ᆹ" U+11B9 Hangul Jongseong Pieup-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 컶
HTML Hex Encoding 컶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBB 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCEF6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CEF6
C/C++/Java Escape \ucef6

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