Hieut

Hieut
Korean name
Hangul
히읗
RRhieut
MRhiŭt

Hieut (letter: ; name: 히읗) 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 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).

Slang usage

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

Stroke order

Computing codes

Character information
Preview
Unicode name HANGUL LETTER HIEUH HANGUL CHOSEONG HIEUH HANGUL JONGSEONG HIEUH
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 12622 U+314E 4370 U+1112 4546 U+11C2
UTF-8 227 133 142 E3 85 8E 225 132 146 E1 84 92 225 135 130 E1 87 82
Numeric character reference ㅎ ㅎ ᄒ ᄒ ᇂ ᇂ

References

  1. ^ "Korean". Omniglot. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  2. ^ "Script and pronunciation". University College London. Archived from the original on 2024-01-21. 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.