Hangul Syllable Kweoc

Use a Korean IME and enter the three component jamo.

A Korean IME (input method) composes Hangul syllables from jamo, the component letters of the Korean writing system. For 퀓, enter initial consonant ㅋ, vowel ㅝ, and final consonant ㅊ in that order; the IME joins them into one block.

The final consonant, called batchim in Korean, sits below the initial and vowel. It belongs to the same syllable, not punctuation. Unicode can store the same modern Hangul spelling as one precomposed block or as separate conjoining jamo; decomposed text may display the parts apart.

What does 퀓 mean?

It is one Korean syllable; its meaning comes from its word context.

The Latin label “kweoc” names the syllable; it is not a Korean gloss.

Hangul was completed in 1443; its guide, Hunminjeongeum, was published in 1446. The system was designed to represent Korean and widen access to reading beyond Chinese-character writing. Its social role shifted from vernacular writing alongside official Chinese-character writing toward standardized national use. Japanese colonial rule suppressed it; use was restored after liberation. Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal were other ways to write Korean with Chinese characters, not alternate spellings of 퀓.