U+C655 "왕" Hangul Syllable Wang Unicode Character
U+C655 "왕" Hangul Syllable Wang is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent when initial), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa), and the final consonant ㅇ (ieung, representing the velar nasal sound -ng). This syllable is pronounced similarly to the English word "wahng" with a short 'a' sound as in "father," and its core meaning in Korean is "king," a term of great historical and cultural significance used in the names of monarchs, royal titles, and related concepts such as "wangbi" (queen) or the famous chess piece. As a standard character in the Korean writing system, it is commonly found in historical texts, modern literature, and everyday language, often appearing in surnames, place names, and references to dynasties like the Joseon period.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C655 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Wang |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 왕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 왕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x99 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC655 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C655 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc655 |