Hangul syllable eup

It spells a Korean syllable; the word supplies its meaning. In this Hangul syllable, ㅇ fills the starting position without a consonant sound, ㅡ is the vowel, and ㅍ is the final consonant.

Hangul took shape under King Sejong by 1443. The 1446 book Hunminjeongeum explained its design. Before Hangul, Korean writers used Chinese characters and adapted systems such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal to write Korean speech and grammar. An 1894 edict made Korean the basis of official documents while allowing Chinese translation or mixed text.

How do I type 읖?

Enter ㅇ, ㅡ, then ㅍ on a Korean 2-set keyboard. On Dubeolsik, the sequence is d-m-v; the input method joins those letters into one syllable. 읖 can also be encoded as one syllable character or as a sequence of its Hangul letters. Normalize the two forms before exact text matching.

Is 읖 the same as 읍?

No: 읖 ends in ㅍ; 읍 ends in ㅂ. Both can be written “eup” in Latin letters. 읍 is the Korean administrative noun for a town, so use it when that is the intended word.