U+C65D "왝" Hangul Syllable Waeg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C65D "왝" Hangul Syllable Waeg is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "waeg," formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all possible modern and some archaic two or three character combinations of Korean letters. As a precomposed form, it allows for efficient text processing and display in digital environments, ensuring that the syllable appears as a single, indivisible unit rather than as separate jamo components. The syllable "왝" itself can be found in Korean words, though it is relatively rare compared to more common syllables like 왜 or 잭.

General Properties

Code Point U+C65D
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Waeg
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "왜" U+C65C Hangul Syllable Wae
"ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 왝
HTML Hex Encoding 왝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x99 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC65D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C65D
C/C++/Java Escape \uc65d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
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=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter