U+D761 "흡" Hangul Syllable Heub Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
흡
U+D761 "흡" Hangul Syllable Heub is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, formed by combining the initial consonant "ㅎ" (hieut), the medial vowel "ㅡ" (eu), and the final consonant "ㅂ" (bieup). This syllable is pronounced with a soft ‘h’ sound followed by the unrounded central vowel ‘eu’ and ending with a bilabial stop ‘p,’ similar to the English word "heup." In Korean, "흡" carries meanings related to suction, inhalation, or absorption, as seen in words such as "흡입" (吸人) meaning inhalation or suction, and "흡수" (吸收) meaning absorption. It is encoded in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block, which was standardized to support the full range of over 11,000 possible syllable combinations in the Korean language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D761 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Heub |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "흐" U+D750 Hangul Syllable Heu "ᆸ" U+11B8 Hangul Jongseong Pieup |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 흡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 흡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9D 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD761 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D761 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud761 |