Hangul syllable alb

It is a Hangul syllable; the surrounding Korean word gives its meaning.

The block combines ㅇ, ㅏ, and ㄼ: ㅇ is silent at the start, ㅏ is the vowel, and ㄼ is the two-consonant ending. The pronunciation of 앏 depends on the Korean word and the sound that follows. Unicode’s “alb” label describes construction, not meaning. The first account of Hangul is dated 1443; an explanatory book, Hunminjeongeum Haerye, was published in 1446. Hangul was designed to write Korean with syllable blocks built from an initial consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant.

How do I type 앏 on a Korean keyboard?

In Korean two-set mode, enter d-k-f-q on a QWERTY keyboard.

The Korean input method (IME) maps those keys to ㅇ, ㅏ, ㄹ, ㅂ, then combines ㄹ and ㅂ as final ㄼ to form 앏. The Latin key labels are not a romanized spelling of the syllable.

Why does 앏 sometimes look split?

Unicode can represent it as separate Hangul letters.

Hangul fonts fit the initial ㅇ, vowel ㅏ, and final ㄼ into a square syllable block, so strokes and spacing can differ by typeface without changing the character.

As of 2026-09-13, software that preserves decomposed jamo—the separate Korean letters that form a syllable—may show the parts separately. Hangul-aware rendering can combine a supported sequence into one block.