Hangul Syllable Hwat

Read 홭 as one Korean syllable; a word gives it meaning.

The Korean syllable hwat is built from ㅎ as its initial consonant, ㅘ as its vowel, and ㅌ as its final consonant. A syllable block fits into a larger Korean word; by itself, 홭 does not identify a complete word.

홭 is a syllable block in Hangul, not a separately named ancient sign. The earliest recorded notice of Hangul's creation dates from 1443; its explanatory manual, Hunminjeongeum Haerye, was published in 1446. Hangul was designed to make Korean easier to write because Chinese characters did not fit Korean speech well. It developed alongside Hanja, the use of Chinese characters in Korean writing; Hangul later became the everyday script for Korean, while Hanja kept a narrower role.

How do I type 홭?

Enter ㅎ, ㅘ, then ㅌ in a Korean IME.

A Korean IME combines the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant into one syllable block.

Some input paths represent the same syllable as separate jamo instead of one precomposed block. A font or app may display those separate letters rather than the compact syllable.