Hangul syllable 꽊

By itself, 꽊 does not identify which Korean word is meant.

Hangul places consonant and vowel letters together in a block for one syllable. Here the sequence is initial ㄲ, vowel ㅘ, and final ㄲ. Unicode can also encode it as three position-specific jamo (Hangul letters): ᄁ + ᅪ + ᆩ.

If someone sends only 꽊, ask for the Korean word or sentence around it before assigning a meaning.

How do you type 꽊?

In a Korean IME, enter ㄲ, then ㅘ, then ㄲ.

With Hangul input active, the input method combines the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant into one block.

Why did Hangul use syllable blocks?

To write Korean sounds in a compact, learnable syllable system.

The first recorded notice of the script, then called Hunminjeongeum, appears in the Sejong Sillok, a royal chronicle, in 1443; an explanatory book followed in 1446.

The system was designed for Korean sounds and sentence patterns that Chinese writing did not capture well, and to make writing more accessible. Its names changed over time: it was also called eonmun and gukmun before Hangeul became the common name.