U+C704 "위" Hangul Syllable Wi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
Hangul Syllable Wi
Decomposition Mapping
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Hangul