U+CFAE "쾮" Hangul Syllable Koenh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+CFAE "쾮" Hangul Syllable Koenh is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes precomposed syllables of the Korean writing system. This specific character represents the syllable "koenh", formed from the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the medial vowel "ㅚ" (oe), and the final consonant "ㄶ" (nh). It is used in the Korean language to represent a phonetic combination that may appear in native or loanword contexts, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables. As with all Hangul syllables in Unicode, its encoding allows for consistent digital representation and text processing of Korean, ensuring that characters like "쾮" are properly rendered and searchable across different platforms and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+CFAE
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Koenh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "쾨" U+CFA8 Hangul Syllable Koe
"ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 쾮
HTML Hex Encoding 쾮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0xBE 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xCFAE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000CFAE
C/C++/Java Escape \ucfae

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