U+D5B8 "햸" Hangul Syllable Hyaels Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D5B8 "햸" Hangul Syllable Hyaels is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic value "hyaels" or "hyaet" depending on romanization. It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the vowel ㅒ (yae), and the final consonant ㅀ (ls), which together create a sound that is part of the Korean language's syllabary block in the Unicode Hangul Syllables range. This character is used in written Korean to represent specific words or morphologically derived forms, though it is relatively rare in everyday use compared to more common syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and fonts that support the Hangul script.

General Properties

Code Point U+D5B8
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Hyaels
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "햬" U+D5AC Hangul Syllable Hyae
"ᆳ" U+11B3 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Sios

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 햸
HTML Hex Encoding 햸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x96 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD5B8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D5B8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud5b8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
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=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter