U+CF99 "쾙" Hangul Syllable Kwaelt Unicode Character
U+CF99 "쾙" Hangul Syllable Kwaelt is a specific precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the medial vowel "ㅙ" (wae), and the final consonant "ㄾ" (rieul thieut). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is used to write modern and historical Korean text, though it is a relatively rare syllable in everyday vocabulary. This character is encoded as a single code point for efficient text processing, allowing it to be displayed and manipulated consistently across digital platforms without relying on dynamic syllable composition. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that the Korean writing system is fully supported in global computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CF99 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kwaelt |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쾌" U+CF8C Hangul Syllable Kwae "ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쾙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쾙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBE 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCF99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CF99 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucf99 |