U+D685 "횅" Hangul Syllable Hwaeng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
횅
U+D685 "횅" Hangul Syllable Hwaeng is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean sound "hwaeng," formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㅇ (ng). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, it is encoded as a single character for efficient text processing in written Korean, where it can appear in words or names, though it is relatively rare in modern usage compared to more common syllables. This character exemplifies how Unicode systematically maps the 11,172 possible syllables of the modern Korean alphabet, ensuring consistent digital representation across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D685 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwaeng |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "홰" U+D670 Hangul Syllable Hwae "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 횅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 횅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9A 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD685 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D685 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud685 |