U+116B "ᅫ" Hangul Jungseong Wae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᅫ
U+116B "ᅫ" Hangul Jungseong Wae is a vowel component in the Hangul writing system of the Korean language, specifically classified as a medial letter representing the diphthong sound "wae" or "wɛ". This character is part of the Hangul Jamo block and is used in combination with leading consonant characters to form complete Korean syllables. It visually consists of the base vowel symbol for "a" with a short vertical stroke, which indicates the "w" glide, and it serves as a distinct phonetic element in the orthography of modern and historical Korean. While the Wae jamo is less common than some other vowels, it remains an essential part of the Korean script for accurately representing certain words and sounds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+116B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hangul Jungseong Wae |
| Block | Hangul Jamo |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᅫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᅫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x85 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x116B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000116B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u116b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Hangul V Jamo |
| Script | Hangul |
| Script Extensions | Hangul |
| Hangul Syllable Type | Vowel Jamo |
| Jamo Short Name | WAE |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Hangul Syllable Type=V |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | OLetter |