U+D710 "휐" Hangul Syllable Hwess Unicode Character
U+D710 "휐" Hangul Syllable Hwess is a precomposed syllable in the Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value "hwess" as a single glyph. It is formed by combining the initial consonant ᄒ (hieut), a medial vowel ㅞ (we) composed of ㅜ and ㅓ, and the final consonant ᄉ (siot). This character belongs to the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllable combinations for the Korean alphabet. Although it is a valid and defined character, "휐" is rarely used in modern Korean, as it does not form a common word or root in the language. Its primary existence is due to the systematic encoding of all theoretical syllables in Hangul, ensuring complete coverage for digital text processing and historical or linguistic study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D710 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwess |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 휐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 휐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9C 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD710 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D710 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud710 |