U+C712 "윒" Hangul Syllable Wilp Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+C712 "윒" Hangul Syllable Wilp is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean phonetic block "wilp," which combines the initial consonant ㅇ (no sound at the start of a syllable), the vowel ㅟ (wi), and the final consonant ㅍ (p). In modern Korean, this syllable is extremely rare and does not form part of standard contemporary vocabulary, though it could theoretically appear in historical texts, transcriptions of foreign sounds, or experimental phonetic usage. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital representation of all possible syllable combinations from the Korean writing system, even those not commonly used in everyday language.

General Properties

Code Point U+C712
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Wilp
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "위" U+C704 Hangul Syllable Wi
"ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 윒
HTML Hex Encoding 윒
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEC 0x9C 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0xC712
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000C712
C/C++/Java Escape \uc712

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