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훳

hangul syllable hweos

Hangul syllable Hweos

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훳 is a Hangul syllable block made from jamo, the letters of Korean writing; it has no fixed English translation by itself. In a Korean word, it contributes one syllable; a two-set Korean keyboard builds its middle vowel by entering ㅜ then ㅔ.

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What 훳 means

훳 is a Hangul syllable block, not a translated word.

Hangul joins consonants and vowels into square blocks that represent syllables. 훳 has initial ㅎ, compound vowel ㅞ, and final ㅅ. On a Korean two-set keyboard, its vowel is entered as ㅜ then ㅔ.

훳 is not a separately invented sign; it is one block formed from Hangul's letters. Hangul was announced in 1443 and explained in the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the script. It offered a more direct way to write Korean speech alongside Hanja, the Chinese characters then used in Korean writing. Over time, Hangul became the main Korean writing system; North and South Korean standards share the script but follow different norms.

Why does 훳 split or look different?

Storage can split it into parts; fonts can draw the block differently.

Korean input methods compose the initial, vowel, and final while you type. Unicode normalization can store the syllable as one precomposed block or three jamo; fonts can change the block's proportions and strokes. The stored character count or outline can change even when the intended syllable does not.

Neutral Korean text: 훳 contributes a syllable; its word meaning comes from the surrounding Korean text.

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Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why can 훳 count as three characters?

It can. Unicode normalization can store its initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant as three jamo. Software may count those stored parts separately even when a font displays them as one syllable block.

How to type or find 훳

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hweos · 훳 meaning · Hangul syllable · Korean character · jamo · Korean IME · Dubeolsik keyboard · 훳 vs 훠
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType D6F3, then AltX to get 훳.
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 hweos”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType d6f3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
훳
CSS
\D6F3
Windows or macOS Korean input
As of 2026-09-14, Windows and macOS Korean input sources compose Hangul blocks as you type: select Korean and enter ㅎ, ㅜ, ㅔ, then ㅅ.
Without Korean composition
If your editor does not compose Hangul, entering ㅎ, ㅜ, ㅔ, and ㅅ separately may leave separate jamo instead of one block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
훳
HTML hex
훳
CSS content
content: "\D6F3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%9B%B3
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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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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols