Hangul syllable Geulp

긆 is a Hangul syllable block with no established standalone meaning.

It combines initial consonant ㄱ, vowel ㅡ, and the double final ㄿ. “Geulp” labels that construction rather than translating it. As of 2026, the isolated block has no established everyday Korean word or chat meaning.

Hangul’s creation was recorded in 1443; the explanatory book Hunminjeongeum followed in 1446. The script was designed to write Korean speech with consonant and vowel letters, called jamo, combined into syllable blocks. That block layout has a historical connection to Chinese-character writing, but its pieces are Korean letters, not hanja (Chinese characters). Unicode stores this syllable as one precomposed character and also defines its jamo decomposition. The modern precomposed set follows the Johab set in KS C 5601-1992, a later computer-encoding milestone rather than Hangul’s origin.

How do I type 긆?

Enter the initial, vowel, and final in a Korean IME.

On the standard two-set Korean keyboard, Dubeolsik, press r + m + f + v: ㄱ + ㅡ + ㄿ forms 긆. The final cluster takes two consonant keys after the vowel, and the IME keeps them in one block.

If you see separate jamo, switch the input method to Korean. Typing geulp on a Latin layout enters Latin letters, not this Hangul syllable.

Why does 긆 look different?

The font controls the block’s exact silhouette.

The font places initial ㄱ and horizontal vowel ㅡ in the upper part of the square cell, with final ㄿ below. Its proportions and spacing can vary by font; a tighter or wider bottom is a rendering difference, not a different character.