U+D68B "횋" Hangul Syllable Hwaeh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D68B "횋" Hangul Syllable Hwaeh is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the Korean sound "hwaeh," formed from the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the medial vowel ㅙ (wae), and the final consonant ㅎ (h) as its batchim. This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, encompassing all logically sorted combinations of modern Hangul jamo, and it is used in written Korean to represent a specific syllable that appears in words or inflected forms. Its inclusion in the standard ensures consistent digital encoding and text rendering across systems that support modern Korean typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+D68B
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Hwaeh
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
"ᇂ" U+11C2 Hangul Jongseong Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 횋
HTML Hex Encoding 횋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x9A 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD68B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D68B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud68b

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