Hangul syllable 쥌

On a two-set Korean QWERTY layout, type W-N-P-Z. Those keys enter ㅈ, ㅜ, ㅔ and ㅋ in order; the input method combines ㅜ + ㅔ into the vowel ㅞ and puts ㅋ at the end of the block. The compound vowel takes two keys rather than one dedicated key.

Unicode can represent the same text as one precomposed Hangul syllable or as a sequence of its component letters, called jamo. NFD exposes those components; NFC generally recomposes them. Font support affects how each form looks.

What does 쥌 mean?

By itself, 쥌 is a Hangul syllable, not a word with one fixed meaning. Its role is to combine an opening consonant, a vowel and a closing consonant; the Korean word around it supplies the meaning.

Hangul was first called Hunminjeongeum, meaning “proper sounds for teaching the people.” The earliest record of the name appears in Sejong Shilok, a chronicle of King Sejong’s reign, in 1443. In 1446, a book called Hunminjeongeum explained the script’s purpose and how its consonants and vowels form syllable blocks. King Sejong devised the script so people who had not learned Chinese characters could write Korean.

Over time, Hangul moved into everyday writing. During the colonial period, it also became a focus of efforts to protect Korean language and national identity.