What 흵 means
It has no fixed meaning alone; it is a Korean syllable block.
Unicode's component form is 흵. These are three jamo, or Hangul letter parts: ᄒ is the initial consonant, ᅴ the vowel, and ᆰ the final consonant cluster. The parts show how the syllable is spelled; a word or context gives it meaning.
When was Hangul created?
Hangul was created to write Korean in 1443. That date belongs to the writing system, not a special meaning for this block.
The earliest record appears in the Sejong Sillok, the royal annals of King Sejong. Hunminjeongeum, the script's original name and the title of a 1446 book, explains its design and use. Its preface says the language of Joseon differed from Chinese.
The script was also called jeongeum, eonmun, and banjeol. After the 1894 Gabo Reform, gukmun and gukseo became common names. Hangeul appears in records from the 1910s and spread widely after the creation holiday was renamed Hangeul Day in 1928.
Alone, it reads as a Korean syllable block, not as a reliable social reaction.
Do not read a lone block as a fixed reaction.
Who writes 흵
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Questions people ask
1Is 흵 a Korean word?
No established word is attached to the lone block. As of 2026, 흵 has no dictionary entry; surrounding text can still give the syllable a special role.
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흵\D775Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.