Hangul Syllable Hwals

홠 is a Hangul syllable block whose formal Unicode name describes its component letters, not a separate Korean word meaning. No separate word meaning or cultural use for 홠 is documented as of 2026-09-14.

Text symbol

What 홠 means

홠 is one Hangul syllable block made from component letters.

Hangul's component letters are called jamo. 홠 combines ᄒ, ᅪ, and final ᆳ; “hwals” is the Unicode name built from those components, not a translation.

Unicode can also store the same text as three decomposed jamo, 홠. A standard normalization step can join them back into 홠, so visually identical text can have different underlying sequences.

Who writes 홠

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Don't confuse it with

활

Hangul Syllable Hwal

활 means a Korean bow for shooting arrows; it ends in final jamo ㄹ, while 홠 has the different final cluster ㄽ.

Questions people ask

Why does 홠 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.