U+D0A5 "킥" Hangul Syllable Kig Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D0A5 "킥" Hangul Syllable Kig is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system Hangul, representing the sound "kik" as pronounced in Korean. This character is formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant "ㄱ" (giyeok), which together create a single, indivisible syllable block. It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations in the Korean script, enabling seamless digital representation of complex phonetic structures. In practical use, this character appears in Korean words and names, contributing to the precise rendering of the language in electronic text and communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+D0A5
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Kig
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "키" U+D0A4 Hangul Syllable Ki
"ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 킥
HTML Hex Encoding 킥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x82 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD0A5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D0A5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud0a5

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