U+D5EF "헯" Hangul Syllable Helb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+D5EF "헯" Hangul Syllable Helb is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean writing system, Hangul, representing the phonetic block "helb". It is formed by the initial consonant "ㅎ" (h), the medial vowel "ㅔ" (e), and the final consonant cluster "ㄹㅂ" (lb), which together create a single, indivisible syllable unit. This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which was encoded to provide a complete set of all possible valid syllables in the Korean language, enabling efficient text processing and display. While "헯" is a legitimate orthographic form, it is not commonly used in everyday Korean vocabulary, as it appears only in limited or specialized linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+D5EF
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Helb
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
"ᆲ" U+11B2 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Pieup

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 헯
HTML Hex Encoding 헯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xED 0x97 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD5EF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000D5EF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud5ef

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