U+CF28 "켨" Hangul Syllable Kyeols Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CF28 "켨" Hangul Syllable Kyeols is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "kyeol" with a final "s" consonant (the "시옷" or "s" sound in the batchim position). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which organizes consonant vowel combinations into individual encoded units for efficient text processing. While it is a valid and properly formed syllable, it is relatively rare in everyday Korean vocabulary, as "켨" does not commonly appear in standard dictionary words or typical modern usage, though it could theoretically occur in transliterations or specialized linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+CF28
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kyeols
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
"ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 켨
HTML Hex Encoding 켨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBC 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCF28
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CF28
C/C++/Java Escape \ucf28

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