쟾 Hangul syllable 쟾

What 쟾 means

On Dubeolsik: press W, ShiftO, then V.

On the standard two-set Korean keyboard (Dubeolsik), those keys enter ㅈ, ㅒ, and ㅍ. A Korean IME assembles those jamo—Hangul's individual letters—into one syllable block.

What does 쟾 mean?

It is one Hangul syllable; its role depends on the Korean word.

The initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant form one block. This is a unit of Korean spelling, so read its role as part of the word containing it.

Hangul was designed to write Korean speech with consonant and vowel letters that combine into syllable blocks; Chinese characters did not directly represent Korean speech. The first record of Hunminjeongeum, the name of the new writing system, is from 1443; an explanatory book was published in 1446.

Why does 쟾 split into jamo?

They are two Unicode forms of the same syllable.

Unicode represents this syllable either as one precomposed character, 쟾, or as the canonical jamo sequence 쟾. A Hangul-aware renderer can shape the sequence into one block; without that shaping, the jamo may stay separate.

Neutral Korean spelling; interpret the syllable as part of its word.

Who writes 쟾

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Don't confuse it with

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쟤

Hangul Syllable Jyae

It has the same initial and vowel but no final ㅍ, so it is a different Hangul syllable.

Related characters

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ᄌ

Hangul Choseong Cieuc

This is the leading consonant jamo in 쟾's canonical decomposition; the two-set keyboard input form is ㅈ.

ᅤ

Hangul Jungseong Yae

This is the vowel jamo in 쟾's canonical decomposition; the two-set keyboard input form is ㅒ.

ᇁ

Hangul Jongseong Phieuph

This is the final consonant jamo in 쟾's canonical decomposition; the two-set keyboard input form is ㅍ.

쟾 This three-jamo sequence is the canonical decomposition of 쟾; a Hangul-aware renderer can shape it as the same syllable.

Questions people ask

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Can I type 쟾 as jyaep?

No. Typing the romanized label “jyaep” on an ordinary Latin keyboard does not form the Hangul block; select Korean input and enter its component letters.