Hangul syllable Ggyaels

It spells a Hangul syllable; word meaning comes from context.

The block joins initial consonant ㄲ, vowel ㅑ, and final consonant cluster ㄽ. Unicode encodes them as one precomposed syllable, while fonts arrange the parts inside a square, so spacing and strokes can vary. Korean pronunciation rules can simplify the final cluster or carry a consonant into the next syllable, so the spoken form depends on the word around it.

The first recorded references to Hangul date to 1443; Hunminjeongeum, the book introducing the letters, appeared in 1446. Hangul addressed the difficulty of writing Korean with Chinese characters and related systems such as hyangchal, idu, and gugyeol, which could blur sound and meaning. It circulated as eonmun, a vernacular way to write spoken Korean, in literature, letters, inscriptions, and memorial texts. It gained official-document status in 1894. Standardization efforts followed in 1930, and the Unified Spelling System appeared in 1933. Study and teaching continued during the Japanese colonial era despite suppression; after 1945, Hangul was promoted as Korea's national writing system.

How do I type 꺬?

Use Korean 2-set input and enter the letters in sequence.

On a QWERTY keyboard with Korean 2-set input, press Shift+R, I, F, T without a break. Those keys enter ㄲ, ㅑ, ㄹ, ㅅ; the Korean input method combines ㄹ and ㅅ as the final cluster ㄽ. Other Korean keyboard layouts use different keys.