U+C66B "왫" Hangul Syllable Waelh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
왫
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 |