Hangul syllable maelm

By itself, 맮 is a written Korean syllable, not a complete word.

Its block joins ㅁ (the starting consonant), ㅐ (the vowel), and ㄻ (the final consonant cluster). The label “maelm” names that written combination; it is not a word to translate. The cluster ㄻ can simplify at the end of a word or link to a following vowel, so you do not always hear its two consonants separately.

The creation record says Hangul answered a practical problem: Chinese characters did not represent Korean speech well, and the new letters were meant to be easy to learn and use daily. A court chronicle connects their shapes to Old Seal Script, an older Chinese script style; the explanatory guide describes consonant shapes through speech organs and vowel shapes through a sky, earth, and human scheme. The new script grouped consonants and vowels into syllable blocks and later became Korea's native alphabet.

How do I type 맮?

Enter its jamo in order with a Korean IME.

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, enter ㅁ, ㅐ, ㄹ, then ㅁ. The input method combines the last two consonants into the final cluster ㄻ at the bottom of the block.

Unicode also represents the syllable as the decomposed sequence ᄆ + ᅢ + ᆱ, which can compose as 맮 when normalized. Separate pieces may mean the text is decomposed; an empty box means the font or app cannot display a suitable Hangul glyph.