Hangul syllable Jwalt

It is one Hangul syllable, read within a Korean word. The block combines ㅈ (initial consonant), ㅘ (vowel) and ㄾ (two consonant letters in the final position). These component letters are called jamo, the building blocks of Hangul syllables. The word or grammatical ending where it appears supplies its meaning and role.

Hangul was created under King Sejong in 1443; the book Hunminjeongeum, published in 1446, explains its purpose and design. Before Hangul, Korean was written with Chinese characters: Hyangchal transcribed Korean songs, Idu served Korean-language documents, and Gugyeol marked Korean grammar when readers worked through Chinese texts. Those methods required knowledge of Chinese characters; Hangul offered letters designed to make Korean easier to read and write.

How do you type 좙?

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, press w h k f x. The input method assembles ㅈ as the initial consonant, ㅘ as the vowel, and ㄾ as the final consonant pair.

The jamo sequence for 좙 is ᄌ + ᅪ + ᆴ. NFC (Unicode's composed normalization form) joins modern Hangul jamo into one block; NFD (its decomposed form) keeps them separate. A font or app may shape the conjoining jamo differently, so the displayed form can vary while the syllable stays the same.