Hangul syllable Hweolh

Read 훯 as a syllable within a Korean word. Hangul is the Korean writing system: each block combines an initial consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant. “Hweolh” is Unicode’s component-based name: ㅎ is the initial, ㅝ the vowel, and ㅀ the final cluster. The final consonant is called a batchim (받침); here, ㅀ is a complex batchim (겹받침), and its sound can change with what follows.

Hangul was designed in 15th-century Korea to represent Korean speech and make writing usable to ordinary people. The first historical notice of Hunminjeongeum, an early name for Hangul, is dated 1443; an explanatory book appeared in 1446. Those dates belong to the writing system, not to the first appearance of 훯. Hangul offered an alternative to elite Chinese writing and became a medium for commoners, women’s letters, Buddhist books, and popular novels. Novels and commercial publishing broadened its audience during the 17th and 18th centuries; Hangul entered official state documents after the 1894 reform.

How do I type 훯?

With Korean input active, type g-n-j-f-g. Dubeolsik is a Korean keyboard layout. On it, g gives ㅎ, n-j combine as ㅝ, and f-g form ㅀ; the Korean input method composes them into 훯. With an English layout active, those keys produce Latin letters.

Hangul fonts can vary in stroke proportions. Some software may show decomposed jamo (individual Hangul letters) separately instead of composing them into one block, so a different outline or separated parts can still represent 훯.