U+C6F8 "웸" Hangul Syllable Wem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C6F8 "웸" Hangul Syllable Wem is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script, used for writing the Korean language. It represents the phonetic sound "wem," formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (a silent placeholder or ng sound), the medial vowel ㅞ (we), and the final consonant ㅁ (m). This syllable is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which systematically encodes all 11,172 possible combinations of Korean jamo characters in a standardized order. While it is not among the most frequently used syllables in everyday Korean text, "웸" may appear in loanwords, transliterations, or less common native vocabulary, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and interoperability across modern computing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+C6F8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Wem
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "웨" U+C6E8 Hangul Syllable We
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 웸
HTML Hex Encoding 웸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x9B 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC6F8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C6F8
C/C++/Java Escape \uc6f8

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