U+CEAC "" Hangul Syllable Kya Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+CEAC "" Hangul Syllable Kya is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "kya" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㅋ" (kieuk) and the vowel "ㅑ" (ya). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was encoded to support the efficient representation of the thousands of phonetic syllables that make up the Korean language. In practical use, "캬" appears in various Korean words and expressions, such as the onomatopoeic "캬캬" (kyakya) for laughter or the beginning of the word "캬라멜" (kyaramel), meaning caramel. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital systems can render this syllable consistently across different platforms for Korean text processing and communication.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
캬
HTML Hex Encoding
캬
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEC 0xBA 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0xCEAC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000CEAC
C/C++/Java Escape
\uceac