U+C6FC "웼" Hangul Syllable Wess Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
웼
U+C6FC "웼" Hangul Syllable Wess is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅇ" (which is silent), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (pronounced like "we"), and the final consonant "ㅆ" (a doubled "s" sound, which tensifies the ending and gives it a sharp, hissing quality). This syllable is part of the modern Korean writing system, Hangul, and would be used in text to transcribe a sound similar to the English "wess" but with a tense final consonant, though it does not form a common standalone word in standard Korean vocabulary. Its encoding in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation and display across different software and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C6FC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Wess |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 웼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 웼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9B 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC6FC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C6FC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc6fc |