U+D544 "필" Hangul Syllable Pil Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
필
U+D544 "필" Hangul Syllable Pil is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "pil." It is formed by combining the initial consonant character "피" (pi) and the final consonant character "ㄹ" (l), and it functions as a complete, indivisible unit in text encoding. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains all 11,172 possible modern Korean syllable combinations, "필" is used in writing Korean words such as 필요한 (pil-yo-han, meaning necessary) or 필기 (pil-gi, meaning writing or notes). Its inclusion in the standard ensures proper digital representation, storage, and display of Korean text across devices and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D544 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Pil |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "피" U+D53C Hangul Syllable Pi "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 필 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 필 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x95 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD544 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D544 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud544 |