U+C6D8 "웘" Hangul Syllable Weols Unicode Character
U+C6D8 "웘" Hangul Syllable Weols is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul orthography used for the Korean language, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅇ" (a silent placeholder when syllable-initial), the medial vowel "ㅝ" (pronounced like the English "wo" as in "won"), and the final consonant "ㄹ" (an "l" sound), thus producing the sound "weol." As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character was introduced to support the efficient encoding of Korean text, allowing for the representation of a specific syllable that can occur in Korean words and names. Its inclusion ensures that digital systems can accurately display and process this compound character, which is formed by combining individual jamo (letters) into a single code point for practical use in writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C6D8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Weols |
| 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 "ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 웘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 웘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9B 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC6D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C6D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc6d8 |