U+D796 "힖" Hangul Syllable Hilp Unicode Character
U+D796 "힖" Hangul Syllable Hilp is a specific precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "hilp." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the vowel ㅣ (i), and the final consonant ㅍ (p) as a batchim, though its actual usage in modern Korean is extremely rare or nonexistent in common vocabulary. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character exists primarily to ensure complete coverage of all possible syllabic combinations derived from the Korean alphabet, supporting historical, linguistic, or technical contexts where such a syllable might be needed. Its inclusion reflects the systematic way Unicode encodes the 11,172 possible Hangul syllables, even those that do not appear in standard contemporary Korean text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D796 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hilp |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "히" U+D788 Hangul Syllable Hi "ᆵ" U+11B5 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Phieuph |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 힖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 힖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9E 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD796 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D796 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud796 |