U+D57C "핼" Hangul Syllable Hael Unicode Character
U+D57C "핼" Hangul Syllable Hael is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "hael" as it is used in the Korean language. It is formed from the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul), following the standard rules of Hangul syllable block composition. This character falls within the Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00 to U+D7A3), which contains over 11,000 precomposed syllables that cover all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants. While "핼" itself is a valid and defined character in the Unicode Standard, it is rarely used in everyday modern Korean text, as most frequently occurring words and syllables tend to be more common combinations. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that any rare or archaic Hangul syllable can be correctly represented and processed in digital systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D57C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hael |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "해" U+D574 Hangul Syllable Hae "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 핼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 핼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x95 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD57C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D57C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud57c |