Hangul syllable Jyilb

즯 is one Korean Hangul syllable; on its own, it does not identify a word. Its role becomes clear inside Korean text.

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What 즯 means

Its block combines an initial consonant, a vowel, and an ending.

Hangul is Korea’s writing system; jamo are its consonant and vowel letters. Here, ᄌ is the initial, ᅴ the vowel, and ᆲ the two-consonant ending. Unicode derives “Jyilb” from them; that is an encoded-character label, not a Korean word.

King Sejong created Hangul in 1443 under its original name, Hunminjeongeum. A book with that name explained the script in 1446. Before Hangul, Koreans used Chinese characters to write Korean.

Can fonts change how 즯 looks?

Yes; fonts can vary the components’ shapes and placement.

Hangul’s jamo fit a square syllable cell, but their size and positions differ by font.

Who writes 즯

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Questions people ask

Why does 즯 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.