Hangul syllable gulb

굷 is a Hangul syllable block made from three letter parts. It joins initial ㄱ, vowel ㅜ, and final pair ㄹ+ㅂ, written ㄼ. ‘Gulb’ is Unicode’s structural label, not a Korean word translation.

Hangul was devised in 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a book explaining the writing system, describes a way to write Korean speech without relying on Chinese characters. Hangul groups letters into syllable blocks: an initial consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant. 굷 uses all three positions.

How do I type 굷?

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, r n f q forms 굷. The keys enter ㄱ, ㅜ, ㄹ, ㅂ in order; the input method combines the last pair into one final. The keyboard may show an incomplete block while you type.

굷 is the same Korean letter sequence written separately. Unicode normalization can join it into precomposed 굷; other Korean keyboard layouts use different keys.

What does 굷 mean when someone sends it alone?

A lone 굷 needs Korean context for a reliable reading.

As of 2026, 굷 has no established standalone chat meaning. Inside a word, it is one written syllable; sent alone, it gives too little information to identify the intended word.

ㄼ is one written final made from ㄹ and ㅂ, not a second syllable. Its spoken form depends on the next sound; in 넓다 (‘wide’), only its ㄹ part is heard before the following consonant.