Hangul syllable Jwan

It contributes one syllable; the surrounding word gives the meaning.

The pronunciation of 좐 is romanized as “jwan.” Its Unicode decomposition is ᄌ + ᅪ + ᆫ: an initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant. Hangul joins these letter parts into one square block, not three separate syllables.

Hangeul was created in 1443 to write Korean speech with its own consonant and vowel letters. A 1446 book called Hunminjeongeum, also the script’s original name, explains its purpose and design; formal writing had previously relied on Chinese characters.