Hangul syllable Moeg

Switch to Korean input and type a-h-l-r.

On the standard Korean two-set layout, a makes ㅁ, h+l forms ㅚ, and r adds final ㄱ; the Korean input method assembles them as 뫽. In a longer word, commit the block before typing a following vowel, which can shift final ㄱ to the next syllable.

What does 뫽 mean in Korean?

It is one Hangul syllable block, not a complete word. 뫽 combines initial ㅁ, vowel ㅚ, and final ㄱ. Like other Hangul syllables, it contributes a sound; the surrounding Korean word or sentence supplies the meaning.

Hangul was developed under King Sejong to write Korean speech more directly than the Chinese characters then used for it. The Sejong Sillok, the royal annals, records the script in 1443; a guide called Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon explained how its letters combine and was published in 1446. Those dates mark the history of Hangul's writing system, not a creation date for this particular block.

Why does 뫽 split into jamo?

Unicode can show its three letter parts separately.

Unicode's decomposed form, NFD, can represent 뫽 as 뫽; its composed form, NFC, uses the single block 뫽. These forms are canonically equivalent. A font that supports Hangul jamo can display the sequence as the same syllable block.