Hangul syllable NUC

눛 is one Hangul syllable block, not an emoji. Its Unicode label NUC identifies its parts: initial consonant ㄴ, vowel ㅜ, and final consonant ᆾ. NUC is a construction label, not a Korean translation; in Korean writing, the block spells a syllable.

Hangul's first documentary record is a 1443 entry in the annals of King Sejong. The explanatory guide Hunminjeongeum appeared in 1446. Hangul offered a more direct way to write Korean than the Chinese-character methods then in use, which had kept practical literacy beyond many people's reach.

Before Hangul, Korean writers adapted Chinese characters in practices known as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal. Hangul later appeared in Buddhist and Confucian translations, practical publications, personal letters, official writing, and language-preservation work. This is the history of Hangul as a system, not a special history for this one syllable.

How do I type 눛 in Korean?

Use a Korean input method editor (IME), which combines Hangul letters as you type. On the standard two-set layout, enter ㄴ, then ㅜ, then ㅊ; the IME composes 눛. Key positions vary across desktop layouts and mobile keyboards.

Unicode can store this syllable as one precomposed block or as three jamo, the letter components of Hangul: 눛. NFD breaks the block into jamo; NFC generally recomposes a modern Hangul syllable into one block. If a text field shows the jamo separately, its stored form has changed, but the syllable's spelling has not.