U+CF13 "켓" Hangul Syllable Kes Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
켓
U+CF13 "켓" Hangul Syllable Kes is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㅅ" (siot). Represented in standard Korean orthography as a single character for the syllable "kes," it is used in various Korean words and contexts, such as in the common noun "켓볼" (kesbol, meaning "catchball") or in transliterations of foreign terms. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it facilitates efficient text processing and display for the Korean language, where syllables are encoded as distinct code points rather than requiring dynamic composition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CF13 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kes |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "케" U+CF00 Hangul Syllable Ke "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 켓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 켓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBC 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCF13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CF13 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucf13 |