U+D639 "혹" Hangul Syllable Hog Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
혹
U+D639 "혹" Hangul Syllable Hog is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "hog" and consisting of the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the vowel ㅗ (o), and the final consonant ㄱ (giyeok) “G” sound. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic combinations for the Korean writing system, and it is used in Korean text to form words such as “혹” meaning “lump” or “or.” Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and interchange across platforms and devices for the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D639 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hog |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "호" U+D638 Hangul Syllable Ho "ᆨ" U+11A8 Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 혹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 혹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x98 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD639 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D639 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud639 |