U+D597 "햗" Hangul Syllable Hyad Unicode Character
U+D597 "햗" Hangul Syllable Hyad is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system of the Korean language, specifically combining the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut, representing an /h/ sound) with the medial vowel ㅑ (ya, a palatalized /a/) and the final consonant ㄷ (digeut, representing a /t/ sound). This character appears in the assigned range for the Korean syllable block of Unicode, used to represent the phonetic syllable "hyat/hyad" in Korean text, often appearing in words or names that require this specific sound combination, such as in the word "햗잎" (hyadip) meaning "sunflower seed" or certain historical dialects. Its encoding ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, preserving the distinctiveness of Korean orthography in global computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D597 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hyad |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "햐" U+D590 Hangul Syllable Hya "ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 햗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 햗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x96 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD597 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D597 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud597 |