Hangul syllable 뽘

With Korean input selected, enter ㅃ, then ㅗ, then ㅋ.

The three Hangul letters are ㅃ (initial consonant), ㅗ (vowel), and ㅋ (final consonant). A Korean input method combines them in one block. The expanded spelling, 뽘, uses three letters designed to join; fonts determine how their parts fit together.

What does 뽘 mean?

It spells one Korean syllable; context supplies the word's meaning.

The earliest documented Hangul record dates to 1443. The 1446 text 훈민정음, which introduced the script, explains why it was created and how it works: to write Korean speech directly rather than rely on Chinese characters. Hangul groups alphabetic letters into square syllable blocks; a block may resemble a Chinese character, but it is built from letters to write a Korean syllable. Earlier names for the script included 훈민정음, 언문, and 국문; 한글 began appearing in the early 1910s and was widely used in 1928. These dates describe Hangul's history, not the origin of this syllable.