Hangul syllable gonj

As of 2026, it has no established standalone word or message meaning. 곥 is a Hangul syllable block; within a Korean word, the word supplies its meaning.

Hangul was designed to make writing Korean more accessible. The National Hangeul Museum cites 1443 as the earliest record of Hangul, and the explanatory Hunminjeongeum manuscript appeared in 1446. Chinese characters had been used to write Korean, but using them required substantial learning.

The block decomposes into ᄀ + ᅩ + ᆬ: ᄀ is the initial consonant, ᅩ the vowel, and ᆬ the final ㄵ cluster. These components are Hangul jamo, the letters assembled into syllable blocks; the syllable-final position is called batchim.

What should I do if someone sends 곥?

Treat it as unexplained Hangul input until they clarify. If someone sends 곥 alone, ask what word or input they intended.

The Unicode label “gonj” describes the syllable pattern; it is not a Korean word meaning.

How do I type 곥?

Use a Korean input method and enter its components in order. On a standard two-set keyboard, type ㄱ, ㅗ, ㄴ, ㅈ; the last two combine as final cluster ㄵ.

On the Dubeolsik layout, the corresponding keys are r, h, s, w. The input method assembles them into one block.

Unicode can store 곥 as one precomposed syllable or as the canonically equivalent jamo sequence ᄀ + ᅩ + ᆬ; software usually renders the sequence as one block. If the parts stay split, the stored text may contain uncombined jamo.