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흐

흐 — heu

흐 is ㅎ plus ㅡ, romanized heu and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: less common — it appears, but below the median frequency. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㅎㅡ=흐
ㅎ + ㅡ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㅎ (hieut)

/h/

the h in hat

ㅡ

/ɯ/

no close English match — the oo of moon with lips spread flat

Nearby in the chart

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 흐?
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흐 is romanized heu and read exactly as written.
Is 흐 used in real Korean words?
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Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.