Hangul Syllable Kyalh

Enter the three conjoining Jamo, then normalize to NFC. In Unicode-aware text software, the sequence 캻—three Hangul component letters for an initial consonant, vowel, and final cluster—normalizes to the single block 캻.

NFD can represent the same syllable as three separate Jamo; a font may display and size their components differently inside the block. NFC and NFD change the encoding, not the intended syllable.

Does 캻 have a meaning by itself?

No fixed word meaning follows from 캻 alone. A Hangul block joins an initial consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final cluster; that structure describes how the syllable is built, not what word it means.

As of 2026-09-13, this exact sequence was not independently attested as a word or sign. A surrounding Korean word or sentence would have to supply any lexical meaning.

Is 캻 an old Korean letter?

No; the old history belongs to Hangul and its components. Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 in the guide 훈민정음, meaning “Proper Sounds for Instructing the People.” It set out the new script for Korean speech and wider literacy. The script later served translations, practical books, primers, and literature; that history does not make 캻 itself an old sign.

The final cluster ᆶ combines ㄹ and ㅎ. Its ㅎ element connects structurally to Middle Korean noun spellings: a 2018 study traces many older nouns whose final ㅎ disappeared as Korean changed.