U+D0B4 "킴" Hangul Syllable Kim Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
킴
U+D0B4 "킴" Hangul Syllable Kim is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "kim." It is formed from the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk), the vowel "ㅣ" (i), and the final consonant "ㅁ" (mieum), combining to mean the family name Kim, which is one of the most common surnames in Korea. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, encoded specifically to represent the fully syllabic form used in standard Korean text, enabling efficient digital representation and rendering of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D0B4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kim |
| 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 "ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 킴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 킴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x82 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD0B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D0B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud0b4 |