U+D5F8 "헸" Hangul Syllable Hess Unicode Character
U+D5F8 "헸" Hangul Syllable Hess is a precomposed syllable from the modern Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic sound "hess." This character is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (hieuh), the medial vowel ㅔ (e), and the final consonant ㅆ (ssang shiot). In the Unicode standard, it belongs to the Hangul Syllables block, a vast range of codepoints designed to accommodate the systematic composition of Korean syllables in digital text. As a precomposed form, "헸" allows for efficient text processing and rendering by avoiding the need for dynamic character assembly from individual jamo components. While not among the most frequently used syllables in everyday Korean, it appears in certain linguistic contexts, such as verb conjugations or older vocabulary, contributing to the comprehensive encoding of the Korean language in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D5F8 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hess |
| 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 "ᆻ" U+11BB Hangul Jongseong Ssangsios |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 헸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 헸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x97 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD5F8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D5F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud5f8 |