Hangul syllable Oelh

Press D-H-L-F-G on a Korean two-set keyboard.

A Korean IME (keyboard software that assembles Hangul letters into syllable blocks) combines the jamo, Hangul's basic letters, ㅇ + ㅚ + ㅀ into 욇. On the standard two-set layout, the keys are D-H-L-F-G (ㅇ-ㅗ-ㅣ-ㄹ-ㅎ).

The dates are 1443 and 1446: Hangul's creation is dated to the first year, and its explanatory book appeared in the second. Before it, Korean writers used Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal—systems that adapted Chinese characters to represent Korean speech. Hangul gave Korean its own letters arranged in syllable blocks and was designed to make writing Korean accessible to people who could not read Chinese characters.

What does 욇 mean?

It has no established standalone Korean word meaning.

As of 2026, no conventional message use is established for this exact block; in Korean spelling, it functions as one syllable.

Hangul's official status changed in 1894 and 1910: it became official in the first year, lost that status under Japanese rule in the second, and regained official status after liberation.

Why does oelh end in h?

The h belongs to the written final cluster ㅀ.

욇 ends in ㅀ, which combines ㄹ and ㅎ. When another syllable follows, Korean sound rules make ㅎ aspirate a following ㄱ, ㄷ, or ㅈ; before a vowel, ㅎ drops and ㄹ carries over. So the label oelh describes the spelling, not a promise that the final h is always heard separately.