U+CFB0 "쾰" Hangul Syllable Koel Unicode Character
U+CFB0 "쾰" Hangul Syllable Koel is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "koel" through the combination of an initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), a medial vowel "ㅚ" (oe), and a final consonant "ㄹ" (rieul). This character, part of the Hangul Syllables block ranging from U+AC00 to U+D7AF, follows the systematic encoding principle of Korean writing, where syllables are formed by arranging jamo components into a single square block. While it is a valid and displayable character in Unicode, the syllable "쾰" is not commonly used in standard modern Korean vocabulary, and may appear in specialized contexts such as transliterations, historical texts, or as a phonetic representation of the English word "koel" or similar foreign terms. Its primary function is to ensure comprehensive coverage of all possible Hangul syllable combinations for digital text processing and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CFB0 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Koel |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쾰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쾰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBE 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCFB0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CFB0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucfb0 |