Hangul syllable Hyim

It joins the Korean letters ㅎ, ㅢ, and ㅁ. By itself, 흼 does not identify a fixed word; surrounding Korean text shows which word or name it belongs to.

In modern Korean, ㅢ after an initial consonant is commonly pronounced like ㅣ, so 흼 can sound like 힘 even though the written vowels differ. On a standard 2-set keyboard, G-M-L-A enters the parts in Korean input mode. Unicode also represents the same syllable with three joining Jamo as 흼; ㅎㅢㅁ is a separate sequence of compatibility characters, not the single precomposed block 흼.

How does 흼 fit into Hangul history?

흼 follows Hangul’s ordinary syllable-building pattern. Hangul was devised under King Sejong to make Korean sounds easier to learn and write. The first mention of Hunminjeongeum, the script’s name, appears in Sejong Sillok, a royal chronicle, in 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum manuscript explains how Korean consonants and vowels combine at the start, middle, or end of a syllable block.

In the early period, Hangul also appeared in Buddhist translations. It later became the standard script for writing Korean; 흼 is one regular combination within that larger history, not a separately designed sign.