Hangul syllable Kweop

퀖 is one Korean syllable block: ㅋ is its initial consonant, ㅝ its vowel, and ㅍ its final consonant. Together, the three letters form one written syllable. By itself, 퀖 has no established standalone word meaning; in a Korean word, the surrounding context supplies the meaning.

Hangul, the Korean writing system, was created in 1443 and promulgated in 1446 so Korean speech could be written with its own alphabet. Its letters are arranged into blocks for syllables. As of 2026, no independent older meaning is established for 퀖; its documented history is part of Hangul's syllable-block system.

Why is this exact block encoded?

Unicode 2.0 included it in a systematic repertoire of modern Hangul syllables. That repertoire encodes combinations whether or not each one is attested as a word in modern Korean. So 퀖 is a valid encoding of ㅋ, ㅝ, and ㅍ together, not evidence that this exact block was a traditional standalone word.

How do I type 퀖?

Use a Korean input method (IME): enter ㅋ, then ㅝ, then ㅍ. It combines the letters into one syllable block. In Microsoft Office, type D016 and press Alt+X to enter the character.

A text system can also store the three letters separately; Unicode normalization can combine a modern Hangul sequence into the single block 퀖. The separate and combined forms usually render alike. Fonts may place or shape the letters differently inside the square syllable cell, changing appearance but not character identity.