U+C718 "윘" Hangul Syllable Wiss Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
윘
U+C718 "윘" Hangul Syllable Wiss is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, combining the initial consonant 'ㅇ' (a silent onset), the vowel 'ㅣ' (i), and the final consonant cluster 'ㅆ' (ss) to form the sound "wiss." This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block within Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations of the Korean alphabet, and it is used in written Korean to represent a specific syllable that may appear in various words or contexts. Like other Hangul syllables, it was added to Unicode to support standard text representation, enabling accurate display and processing of Korean script across different digital platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C718 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Wiss |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 윘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 윘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9C 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC718 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C718 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc718 |