U+D79D "힝" Hangul Syllable Hing Unicode Character
U+D79D "힝" Hangul Syllable Hing is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul script, representing the phonetic sound "hing" as a combination of the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the vowel ㅣ (i), and the final consonant ㅇ (ng). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all 11,172 possible syllabic combinations of the Korean alphabet in a single Unicode scalar value, enabling efficient text processing and display. In modern Korean usage, the syllable "힝" is often employed as an onomatopoeic or expressive interjection, conveying a playful, whining, or sulky tone, similar to a drawn out "hng" or a teasing pout in informal digital communication or comics. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across platforms for this culturally specific linguistic nuance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D79D |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hing |
| 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 "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 힝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 힝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x9E 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD79D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D79D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud79d |