Hangul Syllable Daels

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

The Hangul letters in 댌 join into one block: ᄃ begins it, ᅢ is its vowel, and ᆳ is its final consonant cluster.

Before Hangul, Idu (이두), Gugyeol (구결) and Hyangchal (향찰) adapted Chinese characters to write Korean. King Sejong devised Hangul in 1443 to help more people read and write; it was first called 훈민정음, and a book in 1446 explained its purpose and design. After 1446, books carried Buddhist texts and later Confucian works. By the late 16th century, it also appeared in practical guides and everyday writing. It became Korea's official writing system in 1894, then lost that status under Japanese rule in 1910.