Hangul syllable hweg

훽 has no independent everyday meaning on its own. In Korean writing, it is a complete syllable block formed from ㅎ, the compound vowel ㅙ, and final ㄱ; its role comes from the word it appears in.

A Korean pronunciation entry for 어획, meaning a fish catch, lists 훽 alongside 획 as a way to pronounce the word. That is a word-level pronunciation spelling, not a separate everyday meaning for 훽.

Hangul was made for writing Korean speech during the Joseon dynasty. Its earliest recorded history dates to 1443; 훈민정음, a book introducing the script and explaining its principles, was published in 1446. The writing system is called Hangul in South Korea and Choseongul in North Korea. 훽 is one of its regular syllable blocks.

How do I type 훽 with a Korean keyboard?

In the common two-set QWERTY layout, type G-H-O-R in Korean IME mode. G gives ㅎ; H then O combine into ㅙ; R adds final ㄱ. The input method joins them into 훽.

This layout has no separate ㅙ key: build it with ㅗ followed by ㅐ. During live composition, a vowel typed next can move final ㄱ to the start of the following syllable. That is normal Korean IME behavior.

Why does 훽 look different across fonts?

The letters stay the same; their placement varies by font. Hangul arranges an opening consonant and vowel in a square block, with a final consonant below when present. This font-dependent rendering can change the parts’ shape, size, and spacing.

훽 can also be represented as the sequence ㅎ + ㅙ + ㄱ. A text tool that decomposes or normalizes Hangul may show those separate letters; the sequence and the block represent the same syllable.