U+D704 "휄" Hangul Syllable Hwel Unicode Character
U+D704 "휄" Hangul Syllable Hwel is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "hwel" as it appears in the Korean language. This character is formed by the combination of the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅞ (we), and the final consonant ㄹ (rieul), following the standard block-shaped syllabic structure of Hangul. While not one of the most commonly used syllables in everyday Korean, it can appear in specific vocabulary, transcribed foreign words, or poetic contexts, contributing to the rich phonetic range of the Korean writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text processing systems can accurately represent and display this syllable alongside the thousands of other Hangul syllables necessary for full written Korean communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D704 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwel |
| 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 "ᆯ" U+11AF Hangul Jongseong Rieul |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 휄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 휄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9C 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD704 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D704 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud704 |