U+CF9D "쾝" Hangul Syllable Kwaeb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CF9D "쾝" Hangul Syllable Kwaeb is a specific, precomposed syllabic block used in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic syllable "kwaeb." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅋ (kieuk), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㅂ (bieup), and it belongs to the Hangul Syllables block (AC00-D7AF) of Unicode, which contains all possible combinations of Korean jamo characters. While not among the most common syllables in everyday Korean text, 쾝 is a valid and correctly formed syllable that may appear in specialized vocabulary, loanwords, or certain native Korean words, and its encoding ensures proper digital representation and interoperability across different systems and platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+CF9D
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kwaeb
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
"ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쾝
HTML Hex Encoding 쾝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBE 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCF9D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CF9D
C/C++/Java Escape \ucf9d

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