U+D640 "홀" Hangul Syllable Hol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
홀
U+D640 "홀" Hangul Syllable Hol is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul alphabet, representing the sound "hol" formed by the consonant ㅎ (h) and the vowel ㅗ (o) followed by the consonant ㄹ (l). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations in the Korean writing system, and it is commonly used in the Korean language to write words such as "홀" meaning "alone" or "hall" as in a building. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D640 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hol |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 홀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 홀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x99 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD640 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D640 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud640 |