U+C703 "윃" Hangul Syllable Weh Unicode Character
U+C703 "윃" Hangul Syllable Weh is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "weh" and formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in initial position) with the medial vowel ㅞ (we) and the final consonant ㅎ (hieut). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character was encoded to allow for efficient digital representation of the complete set of Korean syllables that are formed from the standard jamo letters. While not a commonly used syllable in everyday Korean text, it exists to ensure comprehensive encoding coverage for all phonetically possible combinations in the language. Its usage is primarily confined to specialized linguistic contexts, transcriptions of foreign words, or historical texts where such a syllable might appear.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C703 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Weh |
| 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 "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 윃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 윃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9C 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC703 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C703 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc703 |