U+CF88 "쾈" Hangul Syllable Kwak Unicode Character
U+CF88 "쾈" Hangul Syllable Kwak is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "kwak" as a single typographic unit. This character is formed from the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), following the standard rules of Hangul syllable composition. Like other precomposed Hangul syllables in the Unicode standard, U+CF88 was included to facilitate efficient text processing and display for the Korean language, ensuring that the syllable appears as one cohesive block rather than as separate components. Its usage is primarily in written Korean, where it may appear in native words, names, or loanword transcriptions, though it is less common than more frequently encountered syllables in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CF88 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kwak |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쾈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쾈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBE 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCF88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CF88 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucf88 |