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웪

hangul syllable wegg

Hangul syllable block 웪

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웪 is a Korean Hangul syllable block; Unicode’s label “wegg” names its component letters—ㅇ ㅞ ㄲ—not a word translation. By itself, it does not tell you what word or message was intended. A Korean input method (IME) can assemble it as you type.

Text symbol

What 웪 means

Alone, it does not tell you which word was meant. 웪 is a Hangul syllable block. Unicode’s label “wegg” names its component letters—ㅇ ㅞ ㄲ—not a Korean word.

If a message contains only 웪, the block does not identify a word or explain why it was sent. Ask what Korean text or input the sender intended.

When was Hangul designed?

Hangul was designed in 15th-century Korea. King Sejong’s court created it to write Korean with alphabetic letters grouped into syllable blocks.

Hangul is the main script for Korean; Hanja—Chinese characters also used to write Korean—belongs to its older written tradition. In 웪, ㅇ fills the initial position without a consonant sound. Early Hangul used the now-obsolete letter ㆁ for a nasal sound that modern ㅇ can mark at a syllable’s end.

Neutral as a Hangul block; alone, it gives little to interpret without Korean context.

Don’t infer a complete message from 웪 alone; ask for the surrounding Korean context.

Who writes 웪

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Questions people ask

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Why can 웪 look different across fonts?

Because Hangul fonts place and size the parts of a block differently. Stroke shapes can vary while 웪 remains the same character.

How to type or find 웪

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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C6EA, then AltX to get 웪.
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 wegg”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c6ea, then Enter or Space.
HTML
웪
CSS
\C6EA
2-beolsik keys
To type 웪, use a Korean 2-beolsik (two-set) keyboard with an IME: press d, n, p, then Shiftr; n p forms ㅞ.
Component sequence
The block has initial ㅇ, vowel ㅞ, and final ㄲ; these are Hangul letters that form one syllable.
Live composition
A Korean IME can reshape an unfinished block as keys arrive; a space or punctuation finalizes the syllable.
Without Korean input
If your device lacks a Korean layout, use its Unicode character picker to insert the Hangul block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
웪
HTML hex
웪
CSS content
content: "\C6EA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%9B%AA
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

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