U+CEFB "컻" Hangul Syllable Keoc Unicode Character
U+CEFB "컻" Hangul Syllable Keoc is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for writing the Korean language, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk) with the medial vowel "ㅓ" (eo) and the final consonant "ㅊ" (chieut). This particular syllable, pronounced "keoch," represents a specific phonetic block within the Korean writing system, which organizes characters into syllabic clusters rather than linear sequences. While not a commonly used syllable in everyday Korean vocabulary, it exemplifies the systematic nature of Hangul, where thousands of such syllables are encoded in Unicode to support complete digital representation of the language, enabling text processing, display, and font design across various platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CEFB |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Keoc |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 컻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 컻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBB 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCEFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CEFB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucefb |