U+D7B8 "ힸ" Hangul Jungseong Yu-O Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D7B8 "ힸ" Hangul Jungseong Yu-O is a modern and rarely used vowel component in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the combination of the vowel "yu" (ㅠ) and "o" (ㅗ) into a single composite Jungseong, or medial vowel. This character was added to Unicode as part of the Hangul Syllables block to support the full range of phonetically possible but non-standard syllables that may appear in historical, linguistic, or highly specialized modern contexts. Unlike common Hangul syllables that are frequently used in standard Korean, "ힸ" is primarily of interest to philologists, typographers, and those studying the complete theoretical set of Hangul vowel combinations. Its inclusion ensures accurate representation of all potential syllable blocks in digital text, preserving the structural completeness of the Hangul script.

General Properties

Code Point U+D7B8
Version Added 5.2
Name Hangul Jungseong Yu-O
Block Hangul Jamo Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ힸ
HTML Hex Encoding ힸ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x9E 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD7B8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D7B8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud7b8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul V Jamo
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type Vowel Jamo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=V
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter