U+C704 "위" Hangul Syllable Wi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
위
U+C704 "위" Hangul Syllable Wi is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean sound "wi", formed from the glide vowel 'w' and the vowel 'i'. It is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants as single code points for efficient text processing. In modern Korean, this syllable is commonly used in words such as "위" meaning "above" or "top," and it also appears in various grammatical particles and vocabulary. Its standardized encoding ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and systems for the Korean writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C704 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Wi |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄋ" U+110B Hangul Choseong Ieung "ᅱ" U+1171 Hangul Jungseong Wi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 위 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 위 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9C 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC704 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C704 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc704 |