U+D6AC "횬" Hangul Syllable Hyon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
횬
U+D6AC "횬" Hangul Syllable Hyon is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "hyon" as a single encoded block rather than a sequence of individual jamo letters. It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables arranged in alphabetical order based on the Korean alphabet. This specific syllable is formed by combining the initial consonant "hieut" (ㅎ), the vowel "yose" (ㅛ), and the final consonant "nieun" (ㄴ), and it is used in written Korean for words or syllables where that phonetic combination appears. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across different platforms and systems, supporting the accurate rendering of Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D6AC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hyon |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "효" U+D6A8 Hangul Syllable Hyo "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 횬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 횬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9A 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD6AC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D6AC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud6ac |