Hangul syllable 멛

Read 멛 as part of a Korean word. Alone, it has no fixed everyday meaning. It sounds roughly like “met,” with the final t stopped and no vowel after it.

Hangul, first called Hunminjeongeum (“Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People”), was created by King Sejong in 1443. In 1446, he published a book of the same name explaining the writing system’s purpose and design. Before Hangul, Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean. Hangul was designed to match Korean sounds more directly; its use later spread through religious and practical books, administration, and personal letters.

How do I type 멛?

On Dubeolsik, press A, P, then E in Korean mode.

Those keys enter ㅁ, ㅔ, and ㄷ; the Korean input method composes them into 멛 and places ㄷ at the bottom as the final consonant.

Korean input forms the block as you type. Press space or punctuation after ㄷ to end it before entering the next syllable.

Why does 멛 look different in fonts?

The font changes the drawing, not the character.

Unicode encodes 멛 as one precomposed block. Its canonical decomposition is 멛: initial ᄆ, vowel ᅦ, and final ᆮ. The rendering is font-dependent: typefaces adjust the jamo’s size and position within the square cell. Both encodings represent the same syllable.