Hangul syllable Malt

맕 is a Korean syllable block with three parts. Its parts are initial ㅁ, vowel ㅏ, and compound final ㄾ (겹받침), a final cluster written with ㄹ + ㅌ. Each Hangul block represents a syllable, and blocks join to spell Korean words.

Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a guide to its letters and writing principles. It offered a direct way to write Korean; earlier writing also used Chinese characters and Korean conventions adapted from them, such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal, to represent Korean speech. Hangul became Korea's official national writing system in 1894 and lost that status under Japanese rule in 1910. These dates belong to Hangul's history as a writing system.

ㄾ is a double final written ㄹ + ㅌ, not two sounds pronounced in every position. At a word end or before a consonant, it sounds like its ㄹ part, close to an L. Before a vowel, ㄹ stays at the end and ㅌ—an aspirated T, made with a puff of air—starts the next syllable.

How do I type 맕?

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, type A, K, F, X. These are the keys for ㅁ, ㅏ, ㄹ, ㅌ. The Korean input method combines them into 맕 as you type; if they remain separate, switch to Korean input.