U+D6A1 "횡" Hangul Syllable Hoeng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
횡
U+D6A1 "횡" Hangul Syllable Hoeng is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "hoeng" (pronounced roughly like "hweng"). It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the medial vowel ㅚ (oe), and the final consonant ㅇ (ng), which together follow the standard Korean syllabic block structure. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character is used in written Korean for words such as "횡단" (hoengdan), meaning "crossing" or "traverse," and is essential for accurate digital text representation of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D6A1 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hoeng |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "회" U+D68C Hangul Syllable Hoe "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 횡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 횡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9A 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD6A1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D6A1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud6a1 |