U+D06A "큪" Hangul Syllable Kyup Unicode Character
U+D06A "큪" Hangul Syllable Kyup is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "kyup." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant “ㅋ” (kieuk, representing a /kʰ/ sound) with the medial vowel “ㅠ” (yu, a /ju/ sound) and the final consonant “ㅍ” (pieup, representing a /p/ sound), yielding a closed syllable pronounced as [kʰjup̚]. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it is encoded as a single character for efficient text processing and display, following the standard syllabic ordering principle used for the Korean alphabet. While not a common word in everyday Korean vocabulary, it demonstrates the systematic and modular structure of Hangul, where individual jamo (letters) combine into complete syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D06A |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kyup |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "큐" U+D050 Hangul Syllable Kyu "ᇁ" U+11C1 Hangul Jongseong Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 큪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 큪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x81 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD06A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D06A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud06a |