U+D5EE "헮" Hangul Syllable Helm Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
헮
U+D5EE "헮" Hangul Syllable Helm is a specific precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "helm" as a combination of the initial consonant "ㅎ" (h), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant "ㄻ" (lm). It forms part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes all possible syllabic blocks of the Korean alphabet in a standard order, enabling consistent digital representation and processing of the Korean language. This particular syllable is relatively rare in everyday usage but is a valid and defined character for text encoding, ensuring that any combination of Korean characters can be accurately stored and displayed across different platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D5EE |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Helm |
| 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 "ᆱ" U+11B1 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Mieum |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 헮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 헮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x97 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD5EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D5EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud5ee |