U+CFB8 "쾸" Hangul Syllable Koem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쾸
U+CFB8 "쾸" Hangul Syllable Koem is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, representing the phonetic sound "koem." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄏ (kieuk) with the medial vowel ㅚ (oe) and the final consonant ㅁ (mieum). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations in standard Korean orthography. While not as common as some other syllables, 쾸 may appear in certain Korean words or contexts to denote the specific pronunciation required by the language's phonetic rules.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CFB8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Koem |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쾸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쾸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBE 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCFB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CFB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucfb8 |