U+D72C "휬" Hangul Syllable Hwiss Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D72C "휬" Hangul Syllable Hwiss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic combination of the initial consonant "ㅎ" (hieut), the medial vowel "ㅟ" (wi), and the final consonant cluster "ㅆ" (ssang shiot), which yields a single, tightly integrated character. This syllable is part of the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all possible syllable forms that follow the standard Korean orthographic order, allowing for efficient text processing and display in digital environments. While "휬" is a valid and correctly formed syllable according to the rules of Hangul composition, it is an extremely rare or obsolete character in contemporary Korean, as it does not correspond to any commonly used word in the modern language, making its appearance most relevant in historical, linguistic, or typeface development contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+D72C
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Hwiss
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
"ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 휬
HTML Hex Encoding 휬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x9C 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD72C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D72C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud72c

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