U+C65C "왜" Hangul Syllable Wae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+C65C "왜" Hangul Syllable Wae is a precomposed Korean syllable representing the sound "wae". It is formed from the initial consonant ㅇ (ieung, which is silent in syllable-initial position), the vowel ㅙ (wae), and no final consonant, making it an open syllable. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes the 11,172 possible modern Korean syllable combinations in a systematic order, and it is commonly used in the Korean language to express meanings such as "why" or as a component in various words. Its visual appearance and pronunciation are essential for correct Korean text rendering and readability in digital environments.
General Properties
Code Point
U+C65C
Name
Hangul Syllable Wae
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
왜
HTML Hex Encoding
왜
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEC 0x99 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0xC65C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000C65C
C/C++/Java Escape
\uc65c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul