U+D662 "홢" Hangul Syllable Hwalp Unicode Character
U+D662 "홢" Hangul Syllable Hwalp is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "hwalp." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa), and the final consonant ㄼ (rieul bieup), which together create a single syllabic block. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, encompassing syllables arranged in traditional Korean alphabetical order. While not among the most common syllables in modern Korean vocabulary, 홢 may appear in archaic texts, specialized terminology, or phonetic transcriptions, serving as a functional example of the systematic structure of Hangul, where letters are grouped into syllabic clusters rather than linear sequences.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D662 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwalp |
| 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 "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 홢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 홢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x99 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD662 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D662 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud662 |