Hangul Syllable Ilh

잃 is the “lose” syllable inside Korean 잃다, to lose — keys, games, direction, composure. Its 잃 pronunciation keeps one spelling but shifts sound: 잃다 [일타], 잃어 [이러], 잃고 [일코]. Hangul itself has a documented 1443–1446 creation-and-publication history.

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What 잃 means

It means “lose” inside a Korean word.

You meet it in 잃다 and its forms, where someone loses a thing, a person, an ability, direction, composure, or time. The 1446 explanation of Hangul describes joining onset, vowel, and coda into one syllable block so Korean speech could be written. It has no independent cross-cultural meaning as of 2026; read it through the word around it.

Neutral Korean writing; tone comes from the surrounding word and sentence.

Do not translate lone 잃 as a complete reaction.

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가

Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 잃

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Don't confuse it with

잊

Hangul Syllable Ij

잃 vs 잊: 잊다 means “forget”; 잃다 means “lose.”

Questions people ask

Why does 잃 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.