U+D0B7 "킷" Hangul Syllable Kis Unicode Character
U+D0B7 "킷" Hangul Syllable Kis is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant '키읔' (khieuk, representing the 'k' sound), the medial vowel 'ㅣ' (i), and the final consonant 'ㅅ' (bieut, representing the 't' sound). This specific block, known as the Hangul Syllables block, encodes all possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet, allowing text to be stored and displayed efficiently in digital environments. The character "킷" corresponds to the Korean word for "kiss," a loanword from English, and is used in contemporary Korean text to represent the action or gesture of kissing. Like all precomposed Hangul syllables, it enables seamless rendering and processing in modern computing systems, supporting the full orthographic richness of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D0B7 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Kis |
| 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 "ᆺ" U+11BA Hangul Jongseong Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 킷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 킷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x82 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD0B7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D0B7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud0b7 |