U+D55C "한" Hangul Syllable Han Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
한
U+D55C "한" Hangul Syllable Han is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean word for "one" or "great," and it is a fundamental component of the Korean writing system known as Hangul. This character combines the initial consonant "ㅎ" (h), the vowel "ㅏ" (a), and the final consonant "ㄴ" (n) to form a single block, a structure typical of Hangul syllables. The syllable "한" carries significant cultural weight, appearing in common words like "Hangul" (한글) itself, which means "the great script," and "Hanguk" (한국), the Korean name for South Korea. Its presence in essential vocabulary makes it one of the most recognizable and frequently used characters in modern Korean text and digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D55C |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Han |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "하" U+D558 Hangul Syllable Ha "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 한 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 한 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x95 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD55C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D55C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud55c |