ㅎ

See also: ㆆ, and ठ

Korean

Stroke order

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 ([h]), i.e. similar to the English h.

Synonyms

• H (H)