What 굲 means
Use a Korean 2-set Hangul IME and type r n s g.
On the Korean 2-set layout, those keys enter ㄱ, ㅜ, ㄴ, and ㅎ. The composition engine joins the last two into final cluster ㄶ, producing 굲.
If they remain separate, that field is not composing Korean. Switch to an input method that combines Hangul letters into syllable blocks.
What does 굲 mean on its own?
As of 2026, it has no established word-level meaning on its own.
Read it within a Korean spelling: ㄱ is the initial consonant, ㅜ the vowel, and ㄶ the final consonant cluster.
“Gunh” is a construction label for those parts, not a Korean definition. The word-level reading comes from the surrounding spelling.
Is 굲 a real Hangul syllable?
Yes. It is a valid Hangul syllable block.
Hangul's alphabet creation was recorded in 1443; Hunminjeongeum, the guide introducing the system, was promulgated in 1446. The alphabet was designed to represent Korean speech with learnable letters that combine into syllable blocks, alongside writing with Chinese characters. Over time, Korean writing moved from heavy Chinese-character use and mixed Hanja (Chinese characters used in Korean) and Hangul toward Hangul-dominant text. Those dates describe Hangul's history, not the origin of this individual syllable.
The block is built from jamo (Hangul letters): initial ㄱ, vowel ㅜ, and final cluster ㄶ, made of ㄴ+ㅎ. Fonts vary in stroke design and spacing among the parts, but do not change which character it is.
Don't confuse it with
3Questions people ask
2Can I translate gunh as a Korean word?
No. “Gunh” is a construction label for the syllable's parts, not a Korean definition; the surrounding spelling determines the word-level reading.
Why does 굲 appear as a box?
A box usually means the active font or app does not include this syllable. Fonts can also vary the spacing inside the block, but its encoded identity stays the same.
How to type 굲
굲\AD72Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.