U+D68C "회" Hangul Syllable Hoe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
회
U+D68C "회" Hangul Syllable Hoe is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "hoe." It is formed from the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅚ (oe), and no final consonant, making it a single, self-contained character within the Unicode standard's Hangul Syllables block. This syllable is commonly used in Korean vocabulary, appearing in words such as "회의" (meeting) and "사회" (society), and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D68C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hoe |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄒ" U+1112 Hangul Choseong Hieuh "ᅬ" U+116C Hangul Jungseong Oe |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 회 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 회 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9A 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD68C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D68C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud68c |