U+D6B8 "횸" Hangul Syllable Hyom Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D6B8 "횸" Hangul Syllable Hyom is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅛ (yo), and the final consonant ㅁ (mieum), which together yield the sound "hyom." This character is part of a large block of Unicode Hangul syllables that were encoded to enable efficient digital representation of Korean text, following the standard compositional rules of the Hangul writing system. While "횸" is a valid and recognized syllable in the Korean phonetic inventory, it is a relatively rare character with limited usage in common modern Korean vocabulary, often appearing in specialized or transliterated contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+D6B8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Hyom
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
"ᆷ" U+11B7 Hangul Jongseong Mieum

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 횸
HTML Hex Encoding 횸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x9A 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD6B8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D6B8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud6b8

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