Hangul syllable 잯

On the standard Korean two-set keyboard, press w-o-r-t.

On the QWERTY-labeled layout, W enters ㅈ, O enters ㅐ, and R then T supplies ㄱ + ㅅ. The input method combines the last two as the final cluster ㄳ, forming 잯.

If the keys appear as Latin letters, switch to Korean input. The Korean input method combines the letters into a Hangul block.

Does 잯 mean anything by itself?

As of 2026, 잯 has no established standalone word meaning.

It contributes one syllable inside a Korean word or phrase, where the surrounding text supplies the meaning.

The Hangul project began in 1443. Before it, Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to record Korean words and grammar; Hangul was designed to make Korean easier to write. Hunminjeongeum, a guide to Hangul's letters and design, was published in 1446. In later centuries, Hangul appeared in court, religious, educational and everyday writing, while official documents stayed largely in Chinese characters until it gained official recognition in 1894.

Why does 잯 look different in another font?

Fonts redraw the same block; some text also stores its parts separately.

Unicode identifies the character, but fonts can change the proportions and spacing of its initial consonant, vowel and final cluster inside the square.

The sequence 잯 stores the initial, vowel and final Jamo as three characters instead of one block. Unicode normalization, a standard process for combining Hangul parts, can turn that sequence into 잯; software that keeps the parts separate may display them separately.