Hangul syllable 좦

It is a Korean syllable block; words give it meaning.

On its own, it is a syllable rather than a complete message; a word or context supplies its meaning. As of 2026, this exact block has no established standalone chat reading.

Hangul syllables combine an initial, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant, so 좦 is one valid combination rather than a separately invented sign. Hangul gave Korean speakers a writing system shaped around Korean sounds, instead of relying on Chinese characters alone. The first recorded mention of Hunminjeongeum, an early name for the system, is dated 1443; an explanatory book followed in 1446.

How do I type 좦?

Use the standard South Korean 2-set layout: w, h, k, v.

Select a Korean input method editor (IME), which turns keyboard presses into Hangul. In the standard South Korean 2-set layout, w enters ㅈ, h then k forms the vowel ㅘ, and v enters final ㅍ. The IME joins them in order into 좦.

This is keyboard-layout input: the keys are chosen by the Korean layout, not by spelling the syllable with Latin letters.

Can 좦 split into jamo?

Unicode can decompose it into three Hangul letters.

Its canonical sequence is ᄌ + ᅪ + ᇁ: an initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant. These letters are called jamo. Unicode treats the sequence as equivalent to 좦, and text tools should handle it as one syllable for cursor movement and line breaks.

That is different from ㅈ, ㅘ, or ㅍ alone: each is a Hangul part, not the complete syllable block.