Hangul Syllable Bilb

Read 빏 as a syllable in a Korean word; the word gives it meaning.

빏 joins ㅂ, ㅣ and ㄼ, the consonant, vowel and final consonant cluster that make up this syllable. These building blocks are called jamo. Hangul was completed in 1443 and explained in Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the script published in 1446. Earlier Korean writing often relied on Chinese characters; Idu adapted them to write Korean. Hangul offered a more direct way to represent Korean speech and was designed to be easier to learn.

Some Hangul letter shapes are compared with Phags-pa, a script used under the Mongol Empire. This debated comparison concerns the script's history; it does not establish that this exact syllable came from a Phags-pa sign.

How do I type 빏?

With a Korean IME, enter ㅂ, then ㅣ, then ㄼ.

A Korean input method editor (IME) combines the initial consonant, vowel and final cluster into one block. The conjoining-jamo sequence is 빏. A string such as ㅂㅣㄹㅂ uses separate compatibility jamo, which do not join into this syllable.

Why does 빏 look different in another font?

Fonts draw the same syllable with different component shapes and proportions.

If a font lacks the precomposed glyph, rendering software may display positioned jamo instead. The outline can change while the encoded syllable remains the same.