What ힺ means
An Old Hangul vowel for ㅡ ㅓ.
Here, medial means the vowel position inside a Hangul syllable block. In Hangul writing of the 15th century, complex medial vowels represented sounds in Middle Korean (an earlier stage of Korean) and pronunciations used to read Chinese characters. Hangul syllables combine smaller letter components, so ힺ is a vowel component, not a complete syllable. It belongs to Old Hangul, not ordinary modern Korean spelling.
How do I type ힺ?
Use an Old Hangul input method.
A software input method made for Old Hangul is the practical route. Microsoft's Windows guidance from June 2024 describes one with an on-screen jamo keyboard; a standard Korean layout focuses on modern Hangul. On other systems, a Unicode-capable character picker may offer the character.
Historical and specialist; for Old Hangul transcription and linguistic notes, not ordinary modern Korean spelling.
Eu-Eo identifies the vowel components; it is not a modern Korean pronunciation guide.
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Questions people ask
2Is ힺ used in modern Korean?
No. It belongs to Old Hangul; ordinary modern Korean words use the current vowel inventory.
Why does ힺ look different in fonts?
Unicode's chart drawing is a reference, not a required shape, so fonts can draw this historical character differently.
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ힺ\D7BACodes and encoding1 code points
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