Korean slang profile
ㅎㅇ
Hi
A casual greeting using the initial consonants of 하이.
- Expanded form
- 하이(hi)Hi
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- May 6, 2007
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
다들 ㅎㅇ!
Hi, everyone!
- Quoted from a source
`ㅎㅇ'(`hi'의 줄임말)[1]
`ㅎㅇ' (short for `hi')
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- May 2007Yonhap News, which delivered the Korea Information Agency’s ‘2007 Information Culture Analysis Report’, introduced ‘ㅎㅇ’ (short for ‘hi’) as a ranking expression of youth communication languages.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A Korean-consonant rendering of the English “hi.” A 2007 Yonhap News article explicitly identifies it as short for “hi.” Who first used it has not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The article explicitly explains the term. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 통신언어, 우리말이야? 외국어야? (연합뉴스)Published May 6, 2007Original source checked Nov 5, 2026