U+CEFB "컻" Hangul Syllable Keoc Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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