U+C71C "윜" Hangul Syllable Wik Unicode Character
U+C71C "윜" Hangul Syllable Wik is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system representing the sound "wik," formed by combining the initial consonant ㅇ (a silent placeholder sound), the vowel ㅟ (wi), and the final consonant ᆿ (k). As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character follows the systematic ordering of syllable blocks used for the Korean language, allowing digital text to accurately represent the full range of phonetic combinations in contemporary written Korean. While not among the most common syllables in everyday usage, it serves a specific phonetic role in transliteration and vocabulary where the "wik" sound appears, contributing to the comprehensive coverage of Korean typography in computer systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+C71C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Wik |
| 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 "ᆿ" U+11BF Hangul Jongseong Khieukh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 윜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 윜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEC 0x9C 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xC71C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000C71C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uc71c |