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웈

hangul syllable uk

Hangul Syllable Uk

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웈 is one Hangul syllable block made from ㅇ, ㅜ, and ㅋ; nearby Korean text shows which word or name it belongs to. As of 2026, it has no established standalone chat meaning. Hangeul was designed to write Korean speech more directly; a royal chronicle mentions it in 1443, and the 1446 guide 훈민정음 explained the new system.

Text symbol

What 웈 means

It is one Hangul block; the surrounding text gives context. The three basic Hangul letters, or jamo, are ㅇ, ㅜ, and ㅋ. Here ㅇ is silent at the start, ㅜ is the vowel, and ㅋ is the final consonant. The block can belong to a Korean word or name; the surrounding text shows which.

Hangul was developed to make Korean easier to write than with Chinese-character-based systems. Before it, Korean writers used Chinese characters, including adapted methods such as Idu for representing Korean words and grammar.

How do I type 웈?

Use a Korean IME to combine ㅇ, ㅜ, and ㅋ. A Korean input method editor (IME) combines those letters into one block as you type. On the standard 2-set QWERTY Korean keyboard, press D, N, then Z. If they remain separate, syllable composition is not active.

Fonts choose the components' exact shapes, sizes, and placement, so 웈 can look slightly different without becoming a different character.

Neutral Hangul text; without surrounding Korean, the block's role is unclear.

Is 웈 an emoji? No; it is a Hangul text character, with no established standalone chat meaning as of 2026.

Who writes 웈

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Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Does 웈 end with a k sound?

Yes. At the end of a Korean syllable, ㅋ is a clipped k-like stop with no audible burst of air.

How to type or find 웈

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웈 · uk · Hangul keyboard · Korean IME · jamo · Korean syllable block
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C6C8, then AltX to get 웈.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable uk”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c6c8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
웈
CSS
\C6C8
Korean IME
Enter ㅇ, ㅜ, ㅋ in that order; a composing Korean input method editor turns them into 웈.
2-set QWERTY
To type 웈 on a Korean keyboard, switch to Korean mode and press D, N, Z: Dㅇ, Nㅜ, Zㅋ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
웈
HTML hex
웈
CSS content
content: "\C6C8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%9B%88
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

2

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