What 혷 means
On a Korean two-set keyboard, type ㅎ, ㅖ, then ㅎ.
These jamo (Hangul letters) enter as initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant; a Korean input method (IME) assembles them into one square syllable block. On the standard two-set QWERTY layout, the keys are G, ShiftP, G.
If an app leaves 혷 as separate jamo, NFC normalization (Unicode's composed form) joins them into 혷. In JSON or JavaScript, the literal escape is \uD637.
What does 혷 mean by itself?
It writes one Korean syllable; its word or sentence supplies the meaning.
Its Unicode decomposition is 혷: initial ᄒ, vowel ᅨ, and final ᇂ. The keyboard forms for those parts are ㅎ, ㅖ, and ㅎ.
Hangul's syllable-block design is explained in Hunminjeongeum, its guide published in 1446: a Korean syllable combines an initial consonant and vowel, with an optional final consonant. Hangul was designed to make Korean easier to write than with Hanja, Chinese characters also used for Korean. Korean-language use was restricted under Japanese colonial rule; after 1945, Hangul became the main script in both Koreas.
Who writes 혷
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 혷 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.
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How to type or find 혷
- Also called
- hyeh
- Search it as
- hangul · jamo · korean keyboard · hyeh keyboard
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
혷\D637\uD637 is the escape form for 혷.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.