Hangul Syllable Bweols

The block shows spelling structure, not a word definition. Hangul is the Korean alphabet; its letters, called jamo, combine into square syllable blocks like 붨.

붨 combines initial ㅂ, vowel ㅝ, and final cluster ㄽ. The two consonants in ㄽ share one bottom position; together they form the ending of one syllable block. The label “Bweols” describes this jamo structure rather than a dictionary gloss.

Hangul was developed under King Sejong and court scholars in 1443 to make writing Korean more accessible to ordinary people, for whom literacy in Chinese characters was difficult. The script had historical names including Hunminjeongeum (훈민정음), jeongeum (정음), eonmun (언문), banjeol (반절), gukmun (국문), and gukseo (국서). The name Hangeul became widely used after the holiday was renamed in 1928. This history belongs to Hangul as a whole; 붨 is one product of its letter-combination system.

How do I type 붨?

A Korean IME can assemble it from jamo.

Enter ㅂ, ㅜ, ㅓ, ㄹ, ㅅ in that order; a Korean input method editor (IME) combines ㅜ+ㅓ into ㅝ and the final ㄹ+ㅅ into ㄽ.

Software can store a syllable as separate jamo or as one precomposed block. Unicode NFC normalization joins a modern initial, vowel, and final jamo sequence into one block; NFD deliberately keeps the components separate.

Why does 붨 look different in fonts?

Fonts change its proportions, not its identity.

Hangul typefaces vary the size and spacing of pieces inside a square syllable block. The final cluster may look compressed or crowded in a font that gives the lower part less room, but the character stays the same.

A missing-glyph box means the font does not support this Hangul block. Use a font that includes Hangul syllables.