Hangul syllable colh

It spells a Korean syllable, not a complete word by itself.

Hangul is the Korean writing system: consonant and vowel letters, called jamo, are arranged into square syllable blocks. 촗 combines consonant ㅊ, vowel ㅗ, and final cluster ㅀ. The block gives one syllable, not a full word; its meaning depends on the Korean word it belongs to.

Hangul was created in 1443 to fit Korean and make reading and writing easier to learn. A book explaining the new letters, Hunminjeongeum, was published in 1446.

How does final ㅀ sound?

Its sound depends on what follows and on dialect.

At the end of a Korean syllable, ㅀ is a final cluster of ㄹ and ㅎ, not a meaning marker. In pronunciation, its ㅎ can make a following ㄱ, ㄷ, or ㅈ sound with a burst of breath; before a vowel, ㅎ may drop. The exact result depends on the word and dialect.

You can see ㅀ at the end of the Korean verbs 꿇다 (kneel) and 뚫다 (pierce). A 2022 study reports that speakers of the Chungnam and Jeolla dialects handle this cluster differently.

How do I type 촗?

Enter its parts with a Korean input method (IME).

On a Korean keyboard using the 2-set layout, type ㅊ, ㅗ, ㄹ, then ㅎ; an input method that supports the final cluster combines them as 촗.

Unicode 17.0.0 permits fonts to vary the placement, size, and shape of Hangul parts inside the square syllable cell. Text may be stored as the single precomposed syllable 촗 or as conjoining jamo. Unicode's NFC form recomposes supported modern sequences; its NFD form exposes the parts. Some apps or fonts may show those parts separately when Hangul shaping is not applied.