Hangul Syllable Hem

헴 alone is not a word you can drop into chat — read the word around it. It shows up as a shortened regional form related to 헤엄, and as the Korean spelling for hem and heme. Copy it from the palette above; your font draws it, so it never changes like emoji do.

Text symbol

What 헴 means

It depends on the surrounding Korean word.

In isolation 헴 does not carry its own meaning. In a swimming passage it can point to 헤엄, while in medical or clothing language it spells hem and 헴 for heme.

헴 font differences are visual only; it is a Hangul block your font draws, with no emoji artwork to switch between phones.

Context decides what 헴 means; never use it alone.

Do not replace 헴 with 햄.

Part of the collection

가

Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 헴

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

A regional form of 헤엄, reported in 2004.

Don't confuse it with

햄

Hangul Syllable Haem

헴 vs 햄: the vowel differs, so the reading changes.

Questions people ask

Why does 헴 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.