Let R be a unital *-ring and let a, b,w ? R. In this paper, we give some new characterizations on w-core inverses in particular, it is shown that invertible if only w(aw)n?1- core for any positive integer n, which case, the representations of inverse w(aw)n?1-core are both presented. We further characterize by Hermitian elements (or projections) units.