U+D654 "화" Hangul Syllable Hwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
화
U+D654 "화" Hangul Syllable Hwa is a precomposed syllable used in the Korean writing system, representing the sound "hwa." It is composed of the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa), and no final consonant, forming a single syllable block that is a core component of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. This character appears in many Korean words, such as "화학" (hwahak, meaning chemistry) and "화요일" (hwayoil, meaning Tuesday), and is widely used in both written and digital Korean-language contexts across various platforms and documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D654 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwa |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄒ" U+1112 Hangul Choseong Hieuh "ᅪ" U+116A Hangul Jungseong Wa |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 화 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 화 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x99 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD654 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D654 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud654 |