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ힻ

hangul jungseong eu-e

Hangul Jungseong Eu-E

ힻ is an Old Hangul vowel jamo—a letter piece used inside a syllable, not a modern Korean word. It represents a compound medial vowel in the historical Korean writing system. Its name describes the vowel combination; it does not make ힻ a standalone syllable or message.

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ힻ meaning · old Hangul vowel · archaic Hangul vowel · old Korean vowel · Hangul jamo · obsolete Hangul · Eu-E
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What ힻ means

It is an Old Hangul medial vowel, a letter piece used inside a syllable. Hangul’s documentary history records the alphabet’s invention in 1443; the Hunminjeongeum, a manuscript explaining its design, dates to 1446. “Eu-E” describes the vowel combination, not a word spoken by itself.

Jamo are Hangul letter pieces that join to form syllables. This one belongs to the older repertoire, from a writing system designed to make Korean easier to write. The Korean spelling standard adopted in 1933 left obsolete Hangul syllable blocks out of modern spelling; Unicode preserves these historical forms in digital text.

Specialist and archival, not a conversational Korean message.

Don’t substitute it for a modern Korean vowel; it belongs to Old Hangul.

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Questions people ask

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Why can it look like an isolated shape?

It is a conjoining jamo: a vowel piece meant to join other Hangul letters in a syllable. Its position depends on neighboring jamo and the font’s shaping support.

How to type ힻ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType D7BB, then Alt+X to get ힻ.
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 jungseong eu-e”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType d7bb, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ힻ
CSS
\D7BB
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ힻ
HTML hex
ힻ
CSS content
content: "\D7BB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%9E%BB
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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