Hieut


Hieut is a consonant letter of the Korean Hangeul alphabet. It has two pronunciation forms, at the beginning of a syllable and at the end of a syllable. After vowels or the consonant it is semi-silent.
It sounds like in an initial or onset position, intervowel position or coda with a previous vowel in the same syllable block and followed by an onset vowel from another block or pseudonset ) and in a coda following a consonant before an onset vowel in the next syllable. It assimilates via aspiration codas before plosive consonants; if ㅎ is a full coda or batchim, it would sound like .

Slang usage

In South Korean internet slang, the use of indicates laughter, although a lighter laugh than . Either or can be repeated a number of times to this effect.