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혾

hangul syllable honh

Hangul Syllable Honh

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혾 is a Hangul syllable block made from ㅎ ㅗ ㄶ; by itself, it does not carry the meaning of a Korean word. A Korean IME joins those component letters into one block, while Unicode’s label “honh” names its construction rather than its Korean reading.

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What 혾 means

혾 is a Hangul spelling block, not a word on its own.

It combines ㅎ (an initial consonant), ㅗ (a vowel), and ㄶ (a final consonant cluster) in one square cell. “Honh” is a Unicode label assembled from the jamo names—the names of Hangul’s component letters—not a Korean gloss or a guide to pronouncing an English word.

Hangul, the Korean writing system, was created so Korean speech could be written in its own terms. Its creation is recorded in 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a guide explaining the script, says Chinese-character writing did not fit Korean and ordinary people needed a script they could learn. This is Hangul’s history, not a separate origin story for 혾.

What are the jamo in 혾?

Its jamo are ㅎ, ㅗ, and ㄶ.

Modern Hangul syllable blocks can be separated into jamo and composed again. Text normalization may expose the pieces or recombine them; that changes the text representation, not the intended syllable.

ㅎ’s role in Korean spelling changed over time. The 1933 Unified Hangul Orthography recognized it at both the start and end of syllables, while older word forms ending in ㅎ later disappeared or left traces. In South Korea the script is commonly called Hangul; in North Korea, Chosŏn'gŭl. That naming difference does not give 혾 a regional meaning.

Who writes 혾

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Questions people ask

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Is honh the pronunciation of 혾?

No. “Honh” is a Unicode name assembled from the component jamo names; it is not a Korean word or pronunciation guide.

Why does 혾 show as a box?

The font or shaping system cannot render this Hangul block. A font with Korean coverage should display it.

How to type or find 혾

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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType D63E, then AltX to get 혾.
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 syllable honh”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType d63e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
혾
CSS
\D63E
How to type 혾
With a Korean IME (input software for Korean), type ㅎ, then ㅗ, then ㄴ followed by ㅎ to form the final cluster ㄶ; the IME joins the pieces into 혾.
Jamo sequence
If an app accepts decomposed jamo, use ㅎ ㅗ ㄶ. Text normalization may recombine them into 혾.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
혾
HTML hex
혾
CSS content
content: "\D63E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%98%BE
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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

Families this belongs to

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