Hangul syllable 웺

Enter its starting consonant, vowel, and ending consonant in a Korean input method. The individual letters in Hangul blocks are called jamo.

A Korean input method editor (IME) assembles those parts as 웺. Its canonical Unicode decomposition is ᄋ + ᅰ + ᆹ; NFC composes that sequence into 웺, while NFD represents the same text as separate jamo.

Why does 웺 look different in another font?

The font shapes the jamo inside the syllable cell.

Hangul letters form one compact syllable block, so fonts can change their proportions and spacing inside the cell. The displayed shape can vary while the character remains 웺.

What does 웺 mean by itself?

Alone, it is a Hangul syllable, not a complete message. The Unicode label “Webs” names the components that build this syllable; it does not translate a Korean word. In a Korean sentence, the surrounding word and grammar determine what the syllable contributes.

The recognizable Hangul writing system was completed in 1443 and introduced in the Hunminjeongum, a guide to the new alphabet published in 1446. It was designed to let Korean speakers write their language with a system suited to its sounds and accessible to learners.

In Joseon, Hangul coexisted with Hanja (Chinese characters used in Korean writing) and Idu (a way to write Korean using Chinese characters); these were separate writing systems, not parts of this block. Women’s letters and literature helped establish Hangul as a working writing system. North Korea abolished Hanja in 1949. South Korea kept mixed Hangul–Hanja writing in professional publications into the 1980s, while Hangul-only writing spread through the 1990s.