Hangul Syllable Pit

It is a Hangul syllable block, not a word by itself.

Unicode’s generated name “pit” labels the parts: initial ᄑ (typed as ㅍ), vowel ᅵ (ㅣ), and final consonant ᇀ (ㅌ). “Pit” is not a translation.

Text can represent it as one precomposed block or three jamo. They can look the same but compare differently unless Unicode text is normalized; fonts may position the parts differently inside the square cell.

Why does Korean writing use syllable blocks?

A block gathers Hangul letters into one spoken syllable. Hangul places an initial consonant and vowel, sometimes a final consonant, inside one square block.

Hangul was devised under King Sejong to write Korean directly and make writing easier to learn, alongside Literary Chinese. Its earliest documentary record is lunar December 1443; Hunminjeongeum Haerye, a book explaining the script, appeared in 1446. Hangul later became the main writing system for modern Korean. The Republic of Korea and DPRK prefer different Hangul sorting orders.

The Hangul–Phags-pa connection remains debated. A comparative study notes structural similarities and major differences. Hangul’s design also drew on Chinese traditions for grouping speech sounds while creating its own vowel letters; this does not prove descent from Phags-pa.

How to type 핕

On a Korean two-set keyboard, enter ㅍ, then ㅣ, then ㅌ.

On the QWERTY-labelled Dubeolsik layout, use V, L, X in Hangul mode. Enable Korean input first; the input method assembles the letters into 핕 as you type.