Hieut
Consonant letter of the Korean alphabet
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Hieut (letter: ㅎ; name: 히읗) is a consonant letter (jamo) of the Korean Hangeul alphabet. It has two pronunciation forms, [h] at the beginning of a syllable and [t̚] at the end of a syllable. After vowels or the consonant ㄴ it is semi-silent.[1][2][3]
It sounds like [h] in an initial or (total or full) onset position (하), intervowel position (partial onset (아하) or coda with a previous vowel in the same syllable block and followed by an onset vowel from another block (아[...]아앟아) or pseudonset (앟아)) and in a coda following a consonant (받침) before an onset vowel in the next syllable (않아). It assimilates via aspiration codas before plosive consonants; if ㅎ is a full coda (the end of the speech temporarily or finally) or batchim, it would sound like [t̚] (앟 at).[citation needed]
Slang usage
In South Korean internet slang, the use of ㅎ (short for 흐; heu) indicates laughter, although a lighter laugh than ㅋ (short for 크; keu). Either ㅎ or ㅋ can be repeated a number of times to this effect.[4]
Stroke order
Computing codes
| Preview | ㅎ | ᄒ | ᇂ | ㈍ | ㉭ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | HANGUL LETTER HIEUH | HANGUL CHOSEONG HIEUH | HANGUL JONGSEONG HIEUH | PARENTHESIZED HANGUL HIEUH | CIRCLED HANGUL HIEUH | |||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 12622 | U+314E | 4370 | U+1112 | 4546 | U+11C2 | 12813 | U+320D | 12909 | U+326D |
| UTF-8 | 227 133 142 | E3 85 8E | 225 132 146 | E1 84 92 | 225 135 130 | E1 87 82 | 227 136 141 | E3 88 8D | 227 137 173 | E3 89 AD |
| Numeric character reference | ㅎ | ㅎ | ᄒ | ᄒ | ᇂ | ᇂ | ㈍ | ㈍ | ㉭ | ㉭ |

