Korean syllable 뼈

It names a bone, then extends to a frame or a story’s gist.

For a building, it means the supporting structure.

What does 뼈 add to a remark?

It signals a pointed, implied intention.

The phrase 뼈 있는 말 applies this reading to a remark.

The surrounding words show what that unstated point targets.

Why is 뼈 a block?

It joins two Hangul letters into one syllable.

Its canonical parts are consonant ᄈ and vowel ᅧ, small Hangul letters called jamo; Unicode can normalize the syllable as one block or the same two-letter sequence.

Hangul was created in 1443; its 1446 guide, Hunminjeongeum, introduced a script suited to Korean speech and easier learning. Earlier, idu adapted Chinese characters to write Korean.