What 왙 means
It writes one syllable; its meaning comes from the Korean word it belongs to.
ㅇ is silent at the start, ㅘ makes a quick “wah” sound, and ㅌ ends with a clipped t. Hangul groups letters into syllable blocks to write Korean speech. Its earliest record dates to 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the script, was published in 1446. Before Hangul, Chinese characters were used in Korean writing. Modern spelling follows a 1933 proposal, partly revised in 1988.
Who writes 왙
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Questions people ask
1Why does 왙 sometimes split into jamo?
It is a Unicode normalization difference: NFC stores the syllable as one block, while NFD exposes its jamo (individual Hangul letters). Both forms represent the same syllable.
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왈Hangul Syllable Wal
왗Hangul Syllable Wac
왘Hangul Syllable Wak
왚Hangul Syllable Wap
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ᄁHangul Choseong Ssangkiyeok
ᄂHangul Choseong Nieun
ᄃHangul Choseong Tikeut
ᄄHangul Choseong SsangtikeutHow to type or find 왙
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- wat · Korean syllable · jamo · Hangul normalization
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
왙CSS
\C659Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
왙
HTML hex
왙
CSS content
content: "\C659";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%99%99
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.