Hangul syllable Gwas

On a standard Korean two-set keyboard, type rhkt.

With Korean input enabled, r, h, k, and t enter ㄱ, ㅗ, ㅏ, and ㅅ. The input software joins ㅗ and ㅏ as ㅘ, then adds final ㅅ. On another layout, enter the same Hangul letters as ㄱ + ㅘ + ㅅ.

What does 괏 mean?

괏 contributes a syllable to Korean spelling; its word supplies the context.

Hangul letters, called jamo, combine into syllable blocks. Here the parts are ᄀ at the start, ᅪ as the vowel, and ᆺ at the end. At a syllable's end, ㅅ sounds like a short, unreleased “t”; before a following vowel, it can link to the next syllable and sound like “s.”

Hangul's letters were designed in 1443 and promulgated in 1446. The alphabet let people write Korean sounds directly, offering a more accessible alternative to Chinese characters, known in Korean as Hanja. 괏 is one syllable block formed by Hangul's sound-based rules, not a separately invented sign.

Why does 괏 look different in different fonts?

The same jamo can be arranged differently without changing the syllable.

Hangul fonts vary the size, spacing, and proportions of the initial, vowel, and final letters inside a syllable cell. Text can store 괏 as one precomposed character or as separate jamo; a font with Hangul shaping support can arrange either form as one syllable block. A row of separate letters may mean the text or app has not joined the parts for display.