U+D72C "휬" Hangul Syllable Hwiss Unicode Character
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 |