U+D721 "휡" Hangul Syllable Hwilg Unicode Character
U+D721 "휡" Hangul Syllable Hwilg is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅎ" (h), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (wi), and the final consonant "ㄺ" (lg). This character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Hangul Syllables block, which contains over 11,000 precomposed syllables to support the systematic encoding of Korean text. As a relatively rare or specialized syllable, "휡" is not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary but is valid for precise phonetic transcription or specific lexical entries within the language. Its encoding allows for efficient representation in digital environments without requiring dynamic composition of individual jamo characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D721 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwilg |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "휘" U+D718 Hangul Syllable Hwi "ᆰ" U+11B0 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Kiyeok |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 휡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 휡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9C 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD721 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D721 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud721 |