U+D65E "홞" Hangul Syllable Hwalm Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
홞
U+D65E "홞" Hangul Syllable Hwalm is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅎ" (h), the medial vowel "ㅘ" (wa), and the final consonant "ㄻ" (lm). This syllable, pronounced approximately as "hwalm," is a valid but rare character in Korean, found primarily in historical or specialized vocabulary rather than in common contemporary usage. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible Hangul syllable blocks, as defined by the Korean standard, are digitally representable for accurate text processing and display.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D65E |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwalm |
| 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 "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 홞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 홞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x99 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD65E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D65E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud65e |