Hangul syllable 겝

It is a Korean syllable, not a word with a fixed meaning. 겝 combines ㄱ, the initial consonant, ㅔ, the vowel, and ㅂ, the final consonant. The surrounding Korean word supplies the meaning.

Hangul was devised to write Korean, which differs from Chinese. Earlier methods such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to record Korean speech, but were difficult for broad literacy. The first record of Hunminjeongeum dates to 1443, and an explanatory book from 1446 describes the system’s purpose and how its syllables are built.

The script was originally called Hunminjeongeum; later sources also used Jeongeum, Eonmun, and Gukmun. The National Hangeul Museum dates wider use of the name Hangeul to the early 1910s. These are names for the writing system, not meanings for 겝.

How do I type 겝?

With a Korean IME, type ㄱ, then ㅔ, then ㅂ.

An IME, or input method editor, is keyboard software that joins Hangul’s component letters, called jamo, into one block. They go in the order initial consonant, vowel, then final consonant; changing that order makes another syllable or a sequence that is not a standard block.

Fonts can draw the same Hangul block with different contours. The typeface may change its appearance, but the text remains 겝.