U+C66B "왫" Hangul Syllable Waelh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C66B "왫" Hangul Syllable Waelh is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, which is used to write the Korean language. It represents the phonetic sound "wae" followed by the final consonant "lh," forming the syllable "waelh." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded for use in digital text, ensuring that Korean speakers and writers can accurately represent this specific syllable in documents, software, and communications. The character itself is composed of three component jamo, including the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㅀ (rieul-hieuh), though it is stored and displayed as a single unit for convenience.

General Properties

Code Point U+C66B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Waelh
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
"ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 왫
HTML Hex Encoding 왫
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x99 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC66B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C66B
C/C++/Java Escape \uc66b

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