U+D079 "큹" Hangul Syllable Keult Unicode Character
U+D079 "큹" Hangul Syllable Keult is a specific precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "keult" which combines the initial consonant ㅋ (kieuk), the vowel ㅡ (eu), and the final consonant cluster ㄼ (rieul-pieup). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7AF), a large and systematic range of Unicode that encodes all possible combinations of Korean syllable blocks used in standard contemporary Korean. While "큹" is a legitimate and valid encoded syllable, it is considered a rare or unused character in actual everyday Korean language text, as many of the 11,172 syllables in the range are theoretical rather than commonly occurring. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures complete coverage for historical, linguistic, technological, or specialized typographic purposes, allowing for accurate representation of any possible Hangul syllable in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D079 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Keult |
| 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 "ᆴ" U+11B4 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Thieuth |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 큹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 큹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x81 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD079 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D079 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud079 |