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캌

hangul syllable kak

Hangul syllable Kak

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Alone, 캌 has no fixed meaning; in Korean writing it is one Hangul syllable, roughly “kahk,” made from ㅋ, ㅏ and ㅋ. Hangul, the Korean writing system, was devised in 1443; a guide to it appeared in 1446, and final ㅋ occurs in Korean words by the 16th century. As of 2026, this exact block has no separate historical record.

Text symbol

What 캌 means

캌 is the hangul syllable kak. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Hangul Syllables block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

캌 is a single code point, UCE8C. In HTML that is 캌, and in CSS \CE8C.

Neutral in Korean spelling; alone in chat, tone is unclear.

No fixed reaction follows from it alone.

Who writes 캌

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

It is one syllable; the full word carries the meaning.

How to type or find 캌

Search it as
캌 · ㅋㅏㅋ · Hangul ㅋ · Korean keyboard · Hangul coda
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType CE8C, then AltX to get 캌.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable kak”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType ce8c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
캌
CSS
\CE8C
Korean two-set keyboard
With Korean input on, press Z, K, Z; it joins ㅋ ㅏ ㅋ into 캌.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
캌
HTML hex
캌
CSS content
content: "\CE8C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%BA%8C
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols