Hangul Syllable Ggeuk

끜 groups three Korean letters into a single written syllable. They are the initial consonant ㄲ, the vowel ㅡ, and the final consonant ㅋ, in that order. Hangul arranges such letters into compact blocks, usually written as part of a word or phrase.

On the standard South Korean two-set layout, press Shift+R, M, then Z; the Korean IME composes those keystrokes into 끜.

Someone sent 끜 alone—what should I read?

A bare 끜 is too little to infer the sender’s intended word. Ask for the Korean word or sentence around it.

Why does Hangul use syllable blocks?

Hangul groups consonants and vowels so each block writes a syllable. Hangul was devised under King Sejong to make written Korean easier to learn, including for people without formal schooling. The earliest documentary notice of Hunminjeongeum, the guide to the new letters, dates to 1443; that explanatory book was published in 1446.

Phags-pa, a square script for writing sounds, was commissioned for the Yuan dynasty’s government in 1265 and proclaimed in 1269. Korean scholarship has proposed that its block-shaped writing influenced Hangul’s layout, but the connection is debated and does not establish a direct ancestor for 끜 itself.