U+CF7E "콾" Hangul Syllable Kwalp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CF7E "콾" Hangul Syllable Kwalp is a precomposed Hangul syllable from the Korean writing system, specifically encoding the sound "kwalp," which begins with the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), followed by the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and ends with the final consonant cluster "ㄼ" (bieup and rieul). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, allowing for the efficient representation of Korean text without needing to compose its individual jamo components. Although it is a valid and defined character in the Unicode standard, it is considered rare in modern Korean usage and is primarily included for completeness and historical or technical text processing needs.

General Properties

Code Point U+CF7E
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kwalp
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "콰" U+CF70 Hangul Syllable Kwa
"ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 콾
HTML Hex Encoding 콾
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBD 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCF7E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CF7E
C/C++/Java Escape \ucf7e

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