U+D14C "테" Hangul Syllable Te Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
테
U+D14C "테" Hangul Syllable Te is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound “te.” It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅌ (t) with the vowel ㅔ (e) in a single, standardized character block. As part of Unicode’s comprehensive Hangul Syllables block, which encodes all 11,172 possible syllables in the modern Korean alphabet, 테 is used in everyday Korean text for words such as 테두리 (teduri, meaning “border”) or 테스트 (teseuteu, meaning “test”). This character ensures consistent digital representation and processing of the Korean language across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D14C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Te |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄐ" U+1110 Hangul Choseong Thieuth "ᅦ" U+1166 Hangul Jungseong E |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 테 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 테 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x85 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD14C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D14C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud14c |