U+D65B "홛" Hangul Syllable Hwad Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D65B "홛" Hangul Syllable Hwad is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the sound "hwad." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa), and the final consonant ㄷ (digeut). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character is encoded as a single entity to simplify text processing in the Korean writing system, where syllables are typically combined from individual jamo components. The syllable "hwad" itself is not a common modern Korean word but is a valid phonetic combination that could appear in transliterations, archaic vocabulary, or as a building block in linguistic studies. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms for Korean texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+D65B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Hwad
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "화" U+D654 Hangul Syllable Hwa
"ᆮ" U+11AE Hangul Jongseong Tikeut

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 홛
HTML Hex Encoding 홛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x99 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD65B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D65B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud65b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter