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왕

hangul syllable wang

Hangul syllable wang

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왕 is a Hangul syllable (a Korean alphabet block) meaning “king” or a field leader. In compounds, its position changes the reading.

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What 왕 means

King, or a field leader.

As a noun, 왕 means a monarch or top figure. As a prefix, 왕- means unusually large or severe; as a suffix, -왕 marks a field leader.

Hangul was created in 1443; its purpose and principles were explained in 1446 to help people unfamiliar with Chinese characters read Korean. Its earliest documented literary use dates to 1447.

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Who writes 왕

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How to type or find 왕

Also called
wang
Search it as
왕 · king · 王
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C655, then AltX to get 왕.
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 wang”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c655, then Enter or Space.
HTML
왕
CSS
\C655
How to type 왕
On a Korean 2-set keyboard, enter ㅇ ㅗ ㅏ ㅇ; the input method forms 왕. Without syllable composition, the letters may stay separate.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
왕
HTML hex
왕
CSS content
content: "\C655";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%99%95
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols