ㅎ

Stroke order

See also ㆆ, and ठ

Korean

Etymology

From glottal stop ㆆ (now obsolete) + additional horizontal line representing burst of aspiration.

Symbol

ㅎ (h)

1. 히읗 (hieut), a jamo (letter) of the alphabet of the Korean writing system, hangeul.

   In the North Korean order, it is the fourteenth jamo. In the South Korean order, it is the ninteenth.

   ㅎ (hieut) is pronounced as a glottal fricative (IPA: [h]), i.e. similar to the English h.

Synonyms

• H