What 훃 means
It is a Korean syllable block, not a standalone word. Its three parts are Hangul letters called Jamo: initial ㅎ, vowel ㅛ, and final ㅎ. They show how the syllable is built; a Korean word or name supplies its meaning.
Text processing can expose the same syllable as 훃, with the three Jamo separated. The similar block 효 lacks final ㅎ, so the two are different syllables.
Where did 훃 come from?
It follows Hangul's rules for building syllable blocks. Hangul's first recorded creation notice dates to 1443; the Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the script, documented it in 1446. The system let people write Korean speech directly instead of relying on Chinese characters.
After 1945, Hangul became Korea's national script. 훃 follows the same letter-combination rules; it was not devised as a separate sign.
How do I type 훃 on a Korean keyboard?
On the standard Korean two-set layout, enter g-y-g. With Korean input active, g gives ㅎ, y gives ㅛ, and the final g supplies ㅎ. With the input method off, the keys produce Latin gyg; other Korean layouts differ.
Neutral as a spelling unit; on its own, it looks like a fragment of Korean text.
훃 and 효 differ by final ㅎ, so they are not interchangeable.
Who writes 훃
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIt is a syllable, not enough to identify a word; ask which word or name it belongs to.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 훃 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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훃\D6C3Codes and encoding1 code points
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