Hangul syllable Hogs

In a Korean 2-set IME, type ㅎ, ㅗ, ㄱ, then ㅅ. It combines ㄱ and ㅅ as the final cluster ㄳ. If separate keyboard jamo remain onscreen, make sure an input method with Hangul syllable composition is active. Unicode also has a decomposed sequence, 혻, made of joining Hangul letters; fonts and apps can position those parts differently.

What does 혻 mean?

By itself, 혻 has no established standalone Korean word meaning. It forms one syllable block: ㅎ at the start, ㅗ in the middle, and ㄳ at the end. The Unicode label Hangul syllable Hogs describes those components; it is not a word definition. The surrounding Korean word supplies the meaning.

The earliest record of Hangul appears in 1443 in the Sejong Sillok, a royal chronicle; the Hunminjeongeum, a book explaining the script, followed in 1446. Its preface says Korean speech did not fit smoothly into Chinese literary characters, so Hangul was created to write Korean. Korean writing had also used Chinese characters, known in Korean as Hanja. Earlier records used the names gukmun (“national script”) and gukseo (“national writing”); Hangeul appears in the early 1910s and spread after the public holiday was renamed in 1928. South Korean usage favors Hangeul; North Korean usage also has Choseongul.

Someone sent me 혻—what does it mean?

Treat a one-character 혻 as unexplained, not as a standard reply. Someone familiar with Hangul can parse its structure, but one syllable alone does not reveal a word meaning. As of 2026, 혻 has no established standalone chat meaning. Ask the sender for context if they intended a Korean word.