Hangul syllable 쬇

It spells one syllable; the word around it supplies the meaning. Hangul is the Korean writing system. Its basic consonant and vowel letters, called jamo, join in blocks: ㅉ begins this one, ㅙ is the vowel, and ㅅ ends it. In Unicode's decomposed form—the same syllable stored as separate letters—the parts are ᄍ + ᅫ + ᆺ.

Hangul was devised in 1443 and published in 1446 to make Korean easier to write and learn than through Chinese characters. It served books, translations, and teaching before becoming standardized for everyday writing.

Why does 쬇 look like a square?

Hangul fits each syllable into a square cell. An initial consonant, vowel, and optional final consonant share one visual unit. Type designers adjust their proportions to fit the syllable and font, so the same block may look tighter or wider without changing its letters. The square cell also lets Hangul sit evenly beside Chinese characters in mixed writing.