U+CF23 "켣" Hangul Syllable Kyeod Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
켣
U+CF23 "켣" Hangul Syllable Kyeod is a specific precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "kyeot" or "kyeod" depending on context. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅋ (kieuk), the vowel ㅕ (yeo), and the final consonant ㅌ (tieut), and belongs to the Hangul Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes syllables using a systematic combination of leading, medial, and trailing jamo characters. Though not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, this syllable may appear in specialized or dialectal contexts, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible Hangul syllable combinations can be digitally represented and displayed consistently across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CF23 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kyeod |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "켜" U+CF1C Hangul Syllable Kyeo "ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 켣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 켣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBC 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCF23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CF23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucf23 |