U+D668 "홨" Hangul Syllable Hwass Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
홨
U+D668 "홨" Hangul Syllable Hwass is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the phonetic sound "hwass" as part of the Hangul syllabary block. It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the vowel ㅘ (wa), and the final double consonant ㅆ (ss), which together create a closed syllable with a tense, strong ending. This character belongs to the vast set of Hangul syllables encoded in Unicode to support the Korean language, where each syllable is visually compact and corresponds to a distinct phonetic unit in speech.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D668 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwass |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 홨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 홨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x99 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD668 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D668 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud668 |