Hangul Syllable Gwen

궨 is one Hangul syllable with no fixed meaning on its own. In a Korean word, it contributes one spoken syllable; the complete word supplies the meaning. Hangul jamo are the consonant and vowel building blocks used to write these syllables.

Hangul was designed because Korean speech differed from Chinese, while Chinese-character-based writing made broad literacy difficult. The earliest record of its creation dates to 1443; an explanatory book about the new script appeared in 1446.

Hangul shared Korean writing with Hanja (Chinese characters used in Korean) and systems such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal, which adapted Chinese characters to write Korean. The Korean state made Hangul its official national script in 1894; it continued through print, spelling reform, and digital text.

How do I type 궨?

Enter ㄱ + ㅞ + ㄴ in Korean input mode. These letters are jamo, Hangul’s consonant and vowel parts. A Korean IME (input method editor, or keyboard software that turns typed jamo into Hangul) combines them into 궨.

Unicode also allows this syllable to be stored as a precomposed block or an equivalent sequence of conjoining jamo. Fonts can change where the strokes sit, their shape, and their size without changing the character.