U+CFA4 "쾤" Hangul Syllable Kwaek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쾤
U+CFA4 "쾤" Hangul Syllable Kwaek is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "kwaek." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅋ (kieuk), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok), which together produce a single, closed syllable. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in written Korean to form words or morphemes, though it is relatively uncommon in everyday vocabulary compared to more frequent syllables. Its encoding in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CFA4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kwaek |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쾤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쾤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBE 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCFA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CFA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucfa4 |