U+D578 "핸" Hangul Syllable Haen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
핸
U+D578 "핸" Hangul Syllable Haen is a precomposed syllable representing the Korean sound "haen". It is formed from the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the vowel ㅐ (ae), and the final consonant ㄴ (n), following the standard structural rules of the Hangul writing system. This character appears in the Unicode Hangul Syllables block and is commonly used in modern Korean text for words such as "핸드폰" (haendeupon), meaning "handphone" or cell phone. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation and proper rendering of this syllable across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D578 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Haen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "해" U+D574 Hangul Syllable Hae "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 핸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 핸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x95 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD578 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D578 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud578 |