U+D407 "퐇" Hangul Syllable Poh Unicode Character
U+D407 "퐇" Hangul Syllable Poh is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "포", which combines the consonant "ㅍ" (p) with the vowel "ㅗ" (o) and the final consonant "ㅎ" (h) to create the syllable pronounced roughly as "poh". This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants as single characters to simplify text processing and display. In modern Korean, "퐇" is a valid but rarely used syllable, primarily appearing in specialized contexts such as linguistic transcriptions, poetry, or proper nouns rather than in everyday vocabulary. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, allowing this specific syllable to be rendered correctly for any application requiring precise Korean text support.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D407 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Poh |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "포" U+D3EC Hangul Syllable Po "ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 퐇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 퐇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x90 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD407 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D407 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud407 |