U+C648 "왈" Hangul Syllable Wal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
왈
U+C648 "왈" Hangul Syllable Wal is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "wal." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (a silent placeholder or 'ng' sound), the vowel ㅘ (the diphthong 'wa'), and the final consonant ㄹ (the 'l' sound). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which includes a vast range of precomposed syllables that are essential for rendering Korean text efficiently. Commonly used in Korean vocabulary, the syllable "왈" appears in words like "왈가닥" (a term for a tomboyish girl) and is a standard building block in the written Korean language, contributing to the precise encoding of speech in digital formats.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C648 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Wal |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "와" U+C640 Hangul Syllable Wa "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 왈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 왈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x99 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC648 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C648 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc648 |