Hangul syllable Bwec

In a Korean IME, enter ㅂ + ㅞ + ㅊ.

A Korean IME (input method editor) combines those jamo—the consonant and vowel letters of Korean—into one Hangul syllable block. If they stay separate, check that Korean syllable composition is active.

What does 뷏 mean?

It records one Korean syllable; the surrounding word supplies its meaning.

Read 뷏 as part of a Korean word, not as a complete message by itself. Its letters represent the sounds of one syllable; the surrounding word gives you the context to understand it.

How is 뷏 built, and where does Hangul come from?

Three Hangul jamo combine to make this syllable block.

뷏 combines ㅂ as its initial consonant, ㅞ as its vowel, and ㅊ as its final consonant. These parts are jamo—the consonant and vowel letters of Korean—and together they form one block.

Hangul's earliest recorded name, Hunminjeongeum, dates to 1443. A book with that title, published in 1446, explained the script's purpose and how its letters form syllable blocks. After the 1894 reform, the script was commonly called gukmun or gukseo, terms for “national writing”; by 1928, Hangeul was widely used as its name.