U+D6FF "훿" Hangul Syllable Hwegs Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D6FF "훿" Hangul Syllable Hwegs is a precomposed Hangul syllable representing the sound "hweng" with a final "s" sound, formed from the initial consonant "ㅎ" (h), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (we), and the final consonant "ㄳ" (gs). It belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which consolidates all possible modern and some archaic Korean syllable combinations into single encoded characters. This particular syllable is rarely used in contemporary Korean vocabulary, but it exists as a valid combination within the systematic structure of the Korean writing system, demonstrating how Unicode encodes the complete inventory of Hangul syllables through a mathematical arrangement rather than as separate historical entries.

General Properties

Code Point U+D6FF
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Hwegs
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "훼" U+D6FC Hangul Syllable Hwe
"ᆪ" U+11AA Hangul Jongseong Kiyeok-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 훿
HTML Hex Encoding 훿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x9B 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD6FF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D6FF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud6ff

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