U+C6D3 "웓" Hangul Syllable Weod Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C6D3 "웓" Hangul Syllable Weod is a relatively rare and specialized precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "weod" which combines the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a placeholder for a vowel-initial sound) with the medial vowel "ㅝ" (weo) and the final consonant "ㄷ" (d). It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables enabling efficient text processing for the Korean language. While this particular syllable is not commonly used in modern standard Korean vocabulary, it exists within the comprehensive Unicode encoding to ensure all theoretically possible Hangul syllable combinations are represented, supporting complete textual accuracy and archiving for linguistic study or historical texts. Its inclusion highlights Unicode's commitment to covering the full inventory of Hangul syllables, even those that are highly infrequent or obsolete.

General Properties

Code Point U+C6D3
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Weod
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "워" U+C6CC Hangul Syllable Weo
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 웓
HTML Hex Encoding 웓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x9B 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC6D3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C6D3
C/C++/Java Escape \uc6d3

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