U+D5E8 "헨" Hangul Syllable Hen Unicode Character
U+D5E8 "헨" Hangul Syllable Hen is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the sound "hen" as formed by the consonant ㅎ (h), the vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㄴ (n). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all 11,172 possible syllable combinations of the modern Korean alphabet to facilitate efficient text processing and display. In practical usage, "헨" can be found in Korean words or names, though it is less common than more frequently used syllables, and it typically appears in transliterations or specialized vocabulary where the specific phonetic value is required. The encoding of this character ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, allowing users to read and write Korean text seamlessly.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D5E8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hen |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "헤" U+D5E4 Hangul Syllable He "ᆫ" U+11AB Hangul Jongseong Nieun |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 헨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 헨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x97 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD5E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D5E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud5e8 |