Hangul syllable haebs

It spells a Korean syllable; its meaning depends on the word around it.

Its parts are ㅎ, the starting consonant; ㅐ, the vowel; and ㅄ, a two-consonant final called a double final or 겹받침. At a word edge or before a consonant, ㅄ is pronounced with the closed, p-like sound of ㅂ. Before a vowel, ㅅ carries into the next syllable and sounds like ㅆ, a tight s. As of 2026-09-14, 햆 had no established standalone Korean word or chat meaning, so alone it works as a spelling or input sample.

A record announcing the new script dates to 1443, and the 1446 Hunminjeongeum guide explained how its consonants, vowels, and syllable positions worked. The script was designed to represent Korean speech and make writing easier to learn. Its historical names include Hunminjeongeum, Jeongeum, Eonmun, and Gukmun; “Hangeul” became widespread in the early 20th century. This is Hangul’s history, not a special meaning attached to 햆.

How do I type 햆?

Enter its letters in order on a Korean IME.

Enter ㅎ, ㅐ, ㅂ, then ㅅ; a Korean input method combines them into 햆.

Fonts can draw or space the component letters differently without changing the syllable. Unicode treats a precomposed Hangul syllable and its canonically equivalent sequence of separate letters as equivalent, but software comparing unnormalized text may still distinguish one block from several characters. Use the one-block form when a system specifically expects it.