Hangul syllable Kyeog

Enter ㅋ, then ㅕ, then ㄱ in a Korean IME.

A Korean input method editor (IME) combines those letter components into one syllable block; the physical keys vary by keyboard layout. Here, ㅋ is the initial consonant, ㅕ the vowel, and ㄱ the final consonant.

What does 켝 mean?

On its own, it gives a syllable, not a complete translation.

켝 writes one Hangul syllable. In a Korean word, translate the whole word around it; the block by itself does not tell you the word’s full meaning.

Hangul groups Korean letters into syllable blocks. A recognizable ancestor of 켝 appears in the 1448 Dongguk Jeongun, a guide to Korean readings of Chinese characters (Hanja). It records 켝 for the entries 綌 and 喫; the 1527 Hunmong Jahoe gives 격 and 긱 for those entries, forms retained in the 1796 Jeonun Okpyeon. The records trace changing readings for those entries, not a modern conversational definition for 켝.

Why does 켝 split into pieces?

The syllable is shown as separate Hangul components.

Unicode represents Hangul syllables as precomposed blocks or as sequences of position-specific letters. Fonts and apps vary in how they shape those sequences, so one syllable can appear split even when it represents the same text.