U+CFFC "쿼" Hangul Syllable Kweo Unicode Character
U+CFFC "쿼" Hangul Syllable Kweo is a precomposed syllable from the Hangul Syllables block, representing the sound "kweo" in the Korean writing system. It is formed by combining the initial consonant letter ᄏ (chieut) with the medial vowel letter ㅝ (weo), resulting in a single encoded character that simplifies text processing and display. In modern Korean usage, this syllable appears in words such as "쿼터" (kweoteo) meaning "quarter" and "쿼크" (kweokeu) meaning "quark," often in loanwords and technical terms. As part of the vast Unicode Hangul Syllables range which covers all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants, U+CFFC enables accurate representation of the Korean language in digital environments without requiring dynamic composition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+CFFC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kweo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄏ" U+110F Hangul Choseong Khieukh "ᅯ" U+116F Hangul Jungseong Weo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 쿼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 쿼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0xBF 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xCFFC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000CFFC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ucffc |