Hangul syllable 뀰

A playful blend of 꿀 (honey) and 귤 (tangerine).

뀰 takes the tense initial consonant of 꿀 and the rest of 귤. A 2015 newspaper report records the blend on a seller’s sign; a 2016 Korean-learning post explains the same coinage. It belongs to playful food labeling and internet wordplay, not ordinary fruit spelling. Read it as the pun when the surrounding message makes the citrus joke clear.

This syllable belongs to Hangul, the Korean writing system. Hangul was introduced in 1443; its explanatory book, Hunminjeongeum, appeared in 1446 as an accessible way to write Korean. Earlier systems such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to Korean. Hangul received official recognition in 1894, after centuries of Chinese-character-based official writing; after suppression began in 1910, scholars and educators kept working on the script. South Korea commonly calls it Hangeul, while North Korea commonly calls it Chosŏn'gŭl.

How do I type 뀰?

Use a Korean IME to enter ㄲ + ㅠ + ㄹ.

On standard two-set Dubeolsik, press Shift+R, then B, then F; the input method assembles the jamo into one syllable block. On another Korean layout, enter the same jamo in that order.

Modern Hangul can be represented as a precomposed syllable or as decomposed jamo; normalization makes those representations equivalent. A font or input method without Hangul support may display the parts separately or show a blank box.