Hangul syllable nilg

It has no fixed word meaning by itself; it is a Korean syllable block. The “nilg” label describes ㄴ as its initial consonant, ㅣ as its vowel, and ㄺ as its final consonant cluster. In Korean, that final position is called jongseong, and its consonant ending is called batchim. The parts are Hangul jamo, or letters. The block normally contributes to a Korean word rather than acting as a message on its own.

Hangul was devised as a writing system for Korean, whose sounds were difficult to represent with Chinese characters, the established written system then used for Korean. It was first called Hunminjeongeum (훈민정음, “correct sounds for instructing the people”). The first record of its creation dates to 1443, and a book explaining its purpose and design appeared in 1446. Other names included jeongeum, eonmun, and banjeol. After the 1894 Gabo Reform, gukmun (“national writing”) and gukseo (“national script”) became common names; Hangeul spread as the script’s name after 1928. These are names for Hangul as a whole, not extra meanings of 닑.

How do I type 닑?

With a Korean IME, enter ㄴ, ㅣ, ㄹ, then ㄱ. The input method combines ㄹ + ㄱ into the final cluster ㄺ and arranges the parts as one block.

Unicode treats this precomposed block and the sequence of conjoining jamo ᄂ + ᅵ + ᆰ as equivalent. Software with Hangul shaping support normally renders that sequence as one block; fonts differ in how they position and size its parts.