Hangul syllable Ddwalg

It is one written Korean syllable built from three Hangul letters. Here, the letters are jamo, the Hangul components that combine into a syllable: ᄄ is the initial consonant, ᅪ the vowel, and ᆰ the final consonant cluster. In Korean writing, the block normally sits inside a word; that word supplies its translation.

How did the Hangul syllable block develop?

Its story is part of Hangul's history as a writing system. Hangul's earliest documented stage appears in records from 1443. The 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a guide that introduced the new alphabet, explains how its letters represent Korean sounds and combine into syllable blocks.

Hangul offered a more direct way to write Korean than Chinese characters and adaptations such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal, which used Chinese characters to record Korean. Its use spread through religious books, practical manuals, letters, labels, and public communication. The square blocks reflect a writing culture shaped by Chinese characters, while their interiors follow Hangul's own consonant-and-vowel assembly. A unified spelling draft from 1933 underlies modern Korean spelling.

How do I type the exact block?

Build it with a Korean input method: enter ㄸ, ㅘ, and ㄺ in sequence. Let the input method compose them into one block.

Unicode represents it as one precomposed character and can also decompose it into a leading consonant, vowel, and final cluster. If the components stay separate, use your editor's Unicode-entry command for U+B635 or its character picker. Fonts can change the block's outline or spacing without changing the character.