U+D5EA "헪" Hangul Syllable Henh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D5EA "헪" Hangul Syllable Henh is a precomposed syllable from the modern Hangul writing system used for the Korean language, specifically representing the sound "henh" with an aspirated initial consonant ㅎ (hieut), the vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅎ (hieut) as the batchim. This syllable is formed through Unicode's algorithmic Hangul syllable block, which encodes complete syllables based on the initial, medial, and final jamo components in a standard phonetic order. In digital typography and text processing, "헪" appears within the vast range of precomposed Hangul syllables that allow efficient rendering of Korean text, though it is a relatively rare syllable due to the infrequent combination of this particular vowel and final consonant. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent representation across platforms, supporting the accurate display of Korean names, loanwords, or specialized vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+D5EA
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Henh
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
"ᆭ" U+11AD Hangul Jongseong Nieun-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 헪
HTML Hex Encoding 헪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x97 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD5EA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D5EA
C/C++/Java Escape \ud5ea

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