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웦

hangul syllable weop

Hangul syllable Weop

웦 is one syllable block in Hangul, the Korean writing system; its surrounding word or name supplies the meaning. On the Dubeolsik layout, a Korean IME forms it from ㅇ, ㅝ and ㅍ using D, N, J and V.

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What 웦 means

The Korean word or name around it supplies its meaning.

Hangul writes each spoken syllable as a compact block of letters. In 웦, ㅇ is the initial, ㅝ the vowel, and ㅍ the final consonant. On the Dubeolsik layout, D, N, J and V enter those parts; N and J combine into ㅝ.

Why are Korean syllables written in blocks?

Hangul packs the parts of a spoken syllable into one written block. The key dates are 1443 and 1446: the first record of Hunminjeongeum dates to 1443, and the book explaining Hangul’s principles was published in 1446. Hangul was designed for Korean as spoken in Joseon, a Korean dynasty.

Before Hangul, systems such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean; they were difficult to use. The name Hangeul became widely used by 1928.

How do I type 웦?

Use the Korean Dubeolsik keyboard layout. On a standard QWERTY keyboard, press D, N, J and V for ㅇ, ㅜ, ㅓ and ㅍ. The IME combines ㅜ and ㅓ into ㅝ, then adds ㅍ at the end of the syllable.

Unicode can represent this syllable as one precomposed block or as a sequence of conjoining jamo, the individual Hangul letters that join into a block. The sequence preserves the same initial, vowel and final.

Neutral as a written syllable; the surrounding Korean word or sentence sets its tone.

Alone, 웦 gives no clear meaning; read it with the Korean word or name around it.

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Why does 웦 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 웦

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C6E6, then Alt+X to get 웦.
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 weop”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c6e6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
웦
CSS
\C6E6
Dubeolsik
Switch to Korean input with the Dubeolsik layout; press D, N, J and V for ㅇ, ㅜ, ㅓ and ㅍ. The IME combines ㅜ and ㅓ into ㅝ, then adds ㅍ.
Jamo sequence
In a Korean IME that composes syllables, enter ㅇ + ㅝ + ㅍ together; it combines them as one block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
웦
HTML hex
웦
CSS content
content: "\C6E6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%9B%A6
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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

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