U+C6FC "웼" Hangul Syllable Wess Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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