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헤

hangul syllable he

Hangul Syllable He

By itself, 헤 can be a light Korean “heh” of amusement; inside a word, it is one syllable and does not carry that reaction by itself. Repeated as 헤헤, it reads as soft laughter, though the laugh can also sound frivolous or awkward.

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헤 meaning · 헤헤 · Korean heh · heh in Korean
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What 헤 means

A lone 헤 reads as mild amusement. In electronic messages, it can act as a light amused interjection; the surrounding Korean decides whether that reading fits.

Is 헤 a word or a syllable?

It is a syllable block and can also act as an interjection. Hangul groups letters into syllable blocks: 헤 combines the consonant letter ㅎ and the vowel letter ㅔ. King Sejong created the script in 1443, and its explanatory book appeared in 1446. It gave Korean speakers a way to write their language without relying on Chinese characters.

Light and informal.

Inside a longer word, 헤 is one syllable; do not automatically read it as laughter.

Combination ideas

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Repeated 헤 is soft laughter; it can also sound frivolous or awkward.

Questions people ask

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Why does 헤 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 헤

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType D5E4, then Alt+X to get 헤.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable he”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType d5e4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
헤
CSS
\D5E4
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
헤
HTML hex
헤
CSS content
content: "\D5E4";
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URL encoded
%ED%97%A4
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On screen
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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Korean syllables11,623 symbols