Hangul syllable Gyigs

긗 is one Hangul syllable block; “Gyigs” is Unicode’s generated name from its component letters, not a Korean translation. Hangul emerged in 1443 and was documented in the 1446 text Hunminjeongeum, a guide meant to make Korean easier to write than methods that adapted Chinese characters for Korean, such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal. It coexisted with Chinese-character writing before becoming Korea’s main script.