Hangul syllable Kwaj

It is a Korean syllable block; its meaning depends on context.

The Hangul jamo in 쾆 are ㅋ at the start, ㅘ in the middle, and ㅈ at the end; jamo are the letters used to build Hangul blocks. On its own, this spelling identifies a syllable, not a complete message; any word meaning depends on the Korean around it.

How do I type 쾆?

On a standard 2-set QWERTY layout, type z-h-k-w. These keys enter ㅋ, ㅗ, ㅏ, ㅈ in order. The keyboard software combines ㅗ and ㅏ into ㅘ, then places ㅈ as the final consonant.

If software shows 쾆 instead, it is showing the same syllable as three Hangul letter components. Unicode treats that sequence and 쾆 as canonically equivalent: they represent the same text even though they are stored as different character sequences.

How did Hangul develop?

Hangul was designed as an alphabet for writing Korean.

Hangul was created in 1443; a guide called Hunminjeongeum, explaining the alphabet's purpose and principles, was published in 1446. Korean had often been written with Chinese characters; Hangul offered an alphabet designed for Korean speech. Its compact syllable blocks can resemble Chinese-character cells, but the letter shapes were not directly derived from Chinese characters. Over time, Hangul spread through personal correspondence, including women's letters, and Buddhist publishing. It became official in 1894, lost official status under Japanese rule in 1910, and later became the dominant everyday script for Korean.