Hieut

hieut
hieut
	Hangul;
Korean name
Revised Romanization	hieut
McCune–Reischauer	hiŭt

Hieut (character: ㅎ; Korean: 히읗; RR: hieut) is a consonant letter (jamo) of the Korean Hangeul alphabet. It has two pronunciation forms, [h] at the beginning of a syllable and [t̚] at the end of a syllable. After vowels or the consonant ㄴ it is semi-silent.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It sounds like [h] in an initial or (total or full) onset position (하), intervowel position (partial onset (아하) or coda with a previous vowel in the same syllable block and followed by an onset vowel from another block (아[...]아앟아) or pseudonset (앟아)) and in a coda following a consonant (받침) before an onset vowel in the next syllable (않아). It assimilates via aspiration codas before plosive consonants; if ㅎ is a full coda (the end of the speech temporarily or finally) or batchim, it would sound like [t̚] (앟 at).^{[citation needed]}

Slang usage

In South Korean internet slang, the use of ㅎ (short for 흐; heu) indicates laughter, although a lighter laugh than ㅋ (short for 크; keu). Either ㅎ or ㅋ can be repeated a number of times to this effect.^[4]

Stroke order

Computing codes

Character information
Preview	ㅎ		ᄒ		ᇂ		㈍		㉭
Unicode name	HANGUL LETTER HIEUH		HANGUL CHOSEONG HIEUH		HANGUL JONGSEONG HIEUH		PARENTHESIZED HANGUL HIEUH		CIRCLED HANGUL HIEUH
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	12622	U+314E	4370	U+1112	4546	U+11C2	12813	U+320D	12909	U+326D
UTF-8	227 133 142	E3 85 8E	225 132 146	E1 84 92	225 135 130	E1 87 82	227 136 141	E3 88 8D	227 137 173	E3 89 AD
Numeric character reference	ㅎ	ㅎ	ᄒ	ᄒ	ᇂ	ᇂ	㈍	㈍	㉭	㉭

References

^ "Korean". Omniglot. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
^ "Script and pronunciation". University College London. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
^ Jiyoung Shin, Jieun Kiaer, Jaeeun Cha (2012). The Sounds of Korean. Cambridge University Press. pp. XiX–XX. ISBN 9781139789882.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Korean Slang and Abbreviations". KoreanClass101. Retrieved 2023-08-12.

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[1] "Korean". Omniglot. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

[2] "Script and pronunciation". University College London. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

[3] Jiyoung Shin, Jieun Kiaer, Jaeeun Cha (2012). The Sounds of Korean. Cambridge University Press. pp. XiX–XX. ISBN 9781139789882.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] "Korean Slang and Abbreviations". KoreanClass101. Retrieved 2023-08-12.

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