Hangul syllable oeng

욍 is a Hangul syllable block in Korean writing; its meaning comes from the word it appears in. The block groups three letter components, which can be typed individually on a Korean 2-set keyboard.

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What 욍 means

It writes one Korean syllable; read its meaning from the word around it. The first ㅇ is silent, ㅚ is the vowel, and final ㅇ adds an “ng” ending, like the end of “sing.”

Unicode can store 욍 as one block or as three Hangul letters, called jamo: ᄋ ᅬ ᆼ. They represent the same syllable, though font design can change the components’ shape and spacing.

Hangul was made to write Korean more easily

King Sejong's court created Hangul in 1443 as a simpler way to write Korean, which had often been recorded through adaptations of Chinese characters. A 1446 guidebook, Hunminjeongeum (“Correct Sounds for the Instruction of the People”), explained the new letters' purpose and design.

Hangul became Joseon's official writing system in 1894; before that, official documents were predominantly written in Chinese characters. Joseon was the Korean state of that period.

Part of the collection

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Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 욍

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Questions people ask

Why does 욍 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.