Hangul syllable Peunh

Its meaning comes from the full Korean word around it.

픊 combines three Hangul letters called jamo: ㅍ starts the syllable, ㅡ is its vowel, and ㄶ is the final consonant pair (겹받침). On its own, this block does not identify a fixed Korean word or translation.

Hangul’s history belongs to the script, not this individual block. The first historical record of 훈민정음, Hangul’s earlier name, appears in King Sejong’s royal chronicle (세종실록) in 1443; a 1446 manuscript explains the letters and their initial, middle, and final positions. King Sejong’s project addressed the mismatch between Korean speech and Chinese writing, aiming to make Korean writing easier to learn. Hangul arranges consonant and vowel jamo into blocks like 픊. Other names included 정음, 언문, and 국문/국서; 한글 spread widely as the script’s name after 1928.

Why can ㄶ change the sound?

The final pair changes with the following sound.

In Korean pronunciation, the ㄴ part is the main final sound at a word edge or before another consonant. Before ㄱ, ㄷ, or ㅈ, ㅎ can combine with the next consonant and make it aspirated, pronounced with a stronger puff of air; before a vowel, ㅎ can disappear. The spelling stays the same while neighboring sounds affect the reading.

How do I type 픊?

A Korean input method combines the letters as you type.

Enter ㅍ, ㅡ, ㄴ, then ㅎ; the Korean input method combines the last two into ㄶ and forms 픊. If software exposes decomposed text, the equivalent sequence of joined Hangul letters is 픊—three letters rather than one precomposed block.

Font design can shift the parts’ proportions and placement inside the square. A fallback font may make 픊 look different from surrounding Hangul text, but it remains the same character.