U+D615 "형" Hangul Syllable Hyeong Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
형
U+D615 "형" Hangul Syllable Hyeong is a precomposed Korean syllable representing the sound "hyeong," formed from the initial consonant ㅎ (h), the medial vowel ㅕ (yeo), and the final consonant ㅇ (ng). This particular syllable is widely used in the Korean language, where it commonly appears in words with meanings such as "older brother" when addressing or referring to an older male sibling or older male friend, as well as in various compound words and names. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard as a single codepoint facilitates efficient text processing and display in digital environments, ensuring that this fundamental element of the Hangul writing system is readily available for Korean-language computing and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+D615 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Hyeong |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "혀" U+D600 Hangul Syllable Hyeo "ᆼ" U+11BC Hangul Jongseong Ieung |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 형 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 형 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xED 0x98 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD615 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000D615 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud615 |