U+D72F "휯" Hangul Syllable Hwic Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
휯
U+D72F "휯" Hangul Syllable Hwic is part of the Hangul Syllables block, representing a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system. It combines the initial consonant ㅎ “hieut” with the medial vowel ㅟ “wi” and the final consonant ㅊ “chieut,” producing the sound “hwic.” While this syllable is not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that all possible standard Hangul syllable combinations, as defined by the Korean writing system’s structure, are digitally representable for text processing and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D72F |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hwic |
| 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 "ᆾ" U+11BE Hangul Jongseong Chieuch |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 휯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 휯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9C 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD72F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D72F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud72f |