U+CEFC "컼" Hangul Syllable Keok Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
컼
U+CEFC "컼" Hangul Syllable Keok is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "keok", formed from the initial consonant ㅋ (kieuk) and the vowel ㅓ (eo) with the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean letters in a single codepoint for efficient text processing. It is used in modern Korean writing as a standard syllable, appearing in words or contexts where that specific phonetic combination is required, such as in onomatopoeia or technical terms. The syllable lacks inherent semantic meaning on its own but contributes to the accurate representation of the Korean language in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CEFC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Keok |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 컼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 컼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBB 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCEFC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CEFC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucefc |