What ᆐ means
It is one historical vowel form made from three parts. In the 15th century, Hangul syllables could have up to three vowel letters in the middle, or medial position. Unicode composition data maps ᆐ to ᅲᅥᅵ, three individual Hangul letters called jamo.
During the Joseon era, Hangul textbooks also recorded Chinese and other foreign-language pronunciations, showing the script's wider use for transcription. As Korean spelling and sound patterns changed, this expanded vowel form fell out of ordinary modern Korean spelling.
How do you type ᆐ?
Use an Old Korean layout or a Unicode-aware picker. On a documented Old Korean layout, ᆏ followed by ㅣ produces ᆐ. If your active layout lacks that sequence, search for the character by name or code point in a Unicode-aware picker.
Old Hangul display needs both font coverage and contextual shaping: surrounding leading or trailing jamo can affect how a vowel is drawn. A box or separated forms usually points to missing glyph support or shaping.
Historical and specialist: appropriate for Old Hangul texts, linguistic study, or font work.
It is a multi-part historical vowel sign, not a modern Korean syllable.
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Who writes ᆐ
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Questions people ask
1Why does ᆐ appear as a box?
Usually, the app lacks an Old Hangul font or contextual jamo shaping; both are needed to display the character correctly.
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How to type or find ᆐ
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- yu-e · old Hangul · Old Korean vowel · archaic Hangul vowel · obsolete Hangul vowel · compound Hangul vowel · Hangul font · Old Hangul keyboard
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ᆐ\1190Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.