Hangul Syllable Julb

It is one Korean syllable block with an initial, vowel, and final cluster.

The Hangul Jamo—letters used to build syllables—are ㅈ for the initial consonant, ㅜ for the vowel, and ㄼ for the final consonant cluster. In Korean writing, this block contributes a syllable's sound; the word around it supplies the meaning.

Hangul was announced in 1443. In 1446, the Hunminjeongeum, a book explaining the script's purpose and how its letters work, was published. King Sejong designed Hangul so Korean speakers who did not know Chinese characters could write their language. It first coexisted with Chinese-character literacy; its use later broadened into court, Buddhist, popular, and official writing beyond the elite.

How do I type 줇 in Korean?

Enter the initial, vowel, and final parts in that order.

On a Korean two-set keyboard, enter ㅈ, then ㅜ, then ㄹ followed by ㅂ. The input method combines the last two as final ㄼ; a following vowel can make it begin another syllable.

The Unicode lookup label “julb” names the block; it is not the Korean keyboard sequence.

Why does 줇 look different in another font?

Fonts can change its drawing without changing the syllable.

The same Korean syllable can be encoded as one precomposed block or as its separate Hangul Jamo; software shapes a Jamo sequence into a block. Fonts vary the strokes, spacing, and proportions while the text still represents the same syllable.