U+D078 "큸" Hangul Syllable Keuls Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D078 "큸" Hangul Syllable Keuls is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the consonant cluster "ㄹㅅ" (rieul-siot) as a final batchim. This syllable is pronounced as "keuls" and is used within the Korean language to form words, though it appears less frequently in common vocabulary compared to more basic syllables. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, it enables the accurate digital representation and text processing of Korean characters that follow the systematic alphabet structure invented in the 15th century.

General Properties

Code Point U+D078
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Keuls
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "크" U+D06C Hangul Syllable Keu
"ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 큸
HTML Hex Encoding 큸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x81 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD078
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D078
C/C++/Java Escape \ud078

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter