Hangul syllable Jyeol

It is a syllable block, not a word with one fixed meaning. 졀 combines the initial Korean consonant ㅈ, vowel ㅕ, and final consonant ㄹ. Its Latin-letter spelling here is jyeol.

In 15th-century Korean texts, 졀 appears beside 절 in a word for bowing. A Korean text from 1574, Jahuneonhae, gives 졀 as the reading for 節, a Chinese character. These are historical word spellings and character readings, not a standalone definition.

Is 졀 an old spelling of 절?

Sometimes, but it is not a general substitute for 절. A study of 19th-century Korean classical prose records 決 with the reading 졀. A historical Korean dictionary also records 졀 as a Middle Korean reading for 刹, the Chinese character for a Buddhist temple.

Hangul builds Korean syllable blocks from an initial consonant, a vowel, and an optional final consonant. The writing system Hunminjeongeum is first recorded in 1443; an explanatory book about it appeared in 1446.