U+D600 "혀" Hangul Syllable Hyeo Unicode Character
U+D600 "혀" Hangul Syllable Hyeo is a precomposed syllable in the modern Korean writing system, representing the sound "hyeo" as in the English approximation of "hyuh." It is formed by combining the initial consonant ㅎ (hieut) with the vowel ㅕ (yeo), and it can appear as a standalone character in Korean text, where its meaning depends on context as part of a larger word. In the Unicode standard, this syllable is part of the Hangul Syllables block, which includes 11,172 precomposed syllables designed to cover all possible combinations of Korean initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants, ensuring efficient encoding for digital text processing. Being a predefined syllable, it simplifies the representation of Korean without requiring dynamic composition of individual jamo characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D600 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hyeo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄒ" U+1112 Hangul Choseong Hieuh "ᅧ" U+1167 Hangul Jungseong Yeo |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 혀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 혀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x98 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD600 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D600 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud600 |