Hangul syllable Jyeolg

It spells one Korean syllable; its word meaning comes from context. The Hangul block is built from ㅈ, the consonant at the start; ㅕ, the vowel; and ㄺ, the two-consonant cluster at the end.

If 졁 arrives by itself, you can identify the syllable but not which word was intended. Ask what Korean word or example it belongs to before assigning it a meaning.

How did Hangul become this block?

Hangul was designed to write Korean speech. The first record naming the new writing system Hunminjeongeum dates to 1443; an explanatory guide to how its letters form syllable blocks appeared in 1446.

Before Hangul, Korean writing used Chinese characters, called Hanja in Korean, and methods adapted from them. Hangul offered a systematic, teachable way to represent Korean sounds. It is called Hangeul in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea.

How do I type 졁?

Enter ㅈ, ㅕ, ㄹ, then ㄱ with a Korean IME. The input method joins the letters into 졁 as you type; the final ㄺ is entered as ㄹ followed by ㄱ.

Unicode also allows the same syllable as a decomposed jamo sequence. An input method may leave a syllable uncommitted while you type, and fonts may position decomposed letters differently, so the parts can appear apart even when they belong to one syllable.