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Need definitions. 24.29.228.33 03:48, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There aren't any. This is a symbol, not a meaningful lexical unit. These are being created only for the purpose of consistency, since a handful of inconsistent entries had already been created, and the community lacks the will and common sense to delete them. -- Visviva 03:52, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you--then we should add something in the entry to that effect--anything to head off future questions of this sort. Is it used only in transliteration of foreign words? Are there any polysyllabic Korean words that use it as one of the syllables? 24.29.228.33 03:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No... it occurs only as an error or deliberate misspelling of 해 or 혜 (mostly the former). As a deliberate misspelling it turns up quite a bit in online slang -- for example "사랑햬" ≈ "I luv u" -- but not in any durably archived sources that I can find. Given the limits of Wiktionary's mandate, I'm afraid there's not much that we can say about it, apart from maybe linking to and . -- Visviva 03:28, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]