U+D705 "휅" Hangul Syllable Hwelg Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
휅
U+D705 "휅" Hangul Syllable Hwelg is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul script, representing the Korean sound "hwelg," which is formed from the initial consonant "ㅎ" (h), the medial vowel "ㅞ" (we), and the final consonant "ㄺ" (lg). As part of the Hangul Syllables block, this character is used in modern and historical Korean writing, though it is relatively rare in contemporary vocabulary, often appearing in specialized linguistic contexts or transcriptions of foreign words rather than in common daily usage. Its Unicode encoding allows it to be consistently represented across digital systems, preserving the phonetic and typographic integrity of the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D705 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwelg |
| 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 "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 휅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 휅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9C 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD705 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D705 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud705 |