U+D5DC "헜" Hangul Syllable Heoss Unicode Character
U+D5DC "헜" Hangul Syllable Heoss is a precomposed syllable in the modern Hangul script used for the Korean language, formed from the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the medial vowel ㅓ (eo), and the final consonant cluster ㅆ (ssang ssangiot), which represents a double ss sound. This specific syllable, romanized as "heoss" according to the Revised Romanization of Korean, is not a common standalone word but appears as a component in inflected verb forms or compound constructions. In standard contemporary Korean, it is most recognizable in the past tense or narrative forms of verbs, such as the written form "하였다" (haessda, meaning "did" or "said") when expressed in casual or poetic transcription where the syllable block is separated for phonetic clarity. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and rendering across all platforms that support the Korean script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D5DC |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Heoss |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "허" U+D5C8 Hangul Syllable Heo "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 헜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 헜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x97 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD5DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D5DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud5dc |