Hangul syllable Gwalp

괊 is a Korean Hangul syllable, not an emoji.

“Gwalp” is its romanized reading, not an English translation. As of 2026, it has no established standalone chat meaning; if someone sends it alone, ask what Korean text they intended. On the standard Korean two-set keyboard, rhkfv enters it.

Hangul was created in 1443, and the 1446 book Hunminjeongeum explained its purpose and principles. Korean had been written with Chinese characters and adapted systems such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal, which were cumbersome to use. Hangul aimed to make Korean reading and writing more accessible. It later appeared in religious, legal and practical printed materials and became Korea’s official national writing system in 1894. These dates describe the writing system, not an old independent meaning for 괊; 1996 dates this precomposed Unicode block.

How is 괊 built?

It combines an initial consonant, a vowel and a final consonant cluster.

괊 decomposes into ᄀ + ᅪ + ᆵ: the opening consonant, vowel and final cluster ㄿ. On a standard Korean two-set keyboard, rhkfv brings these parts together as one syllable block.

Text normalization can change whether software stores 괊 as one syllable or as separate Hangul components. In NFD, the decomposed form, the jamo stay separate; in NFC, the composed form, software generally joins them into the block. Text-processing tools can handle the forms differently, and the font shapes their strokes.