U+CFF8 "쿸" Hangul Syllable Kuk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
쿸
U+CFF8 "쿸" Hangul Syllable Kuk is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic value "kuk" as a closed syllable ending with the consonant 'k'. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the medial vowel "ㅜ" (u), and the final consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk as a batchim), though in standard Korean, this specific syllable is not commonly found in everyday vocabulary and may appear in specialized or coined terms. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation for text processing, storage, and display across platforms, supporting the full range of Hangul syllables as defined in the Unicode Standard's Hangul Syllables block.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CFF8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kuk |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "쿠" U+CFE0 Hangul Syllable Ku "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쿸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쿸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBF 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCFF8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CFF8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucff8 |