What 퐗 means
It is one syllable block; a Korean word gives it meaning.
Unicode decomposes it into ᄑ (the opening consonant ㅍ), ᅪ (the vowel ㅘ), and ᆶ (the final consonant cluster ㅀ). “Pwalh” labels that construction; it is not an English translation.
The final cluster ㅀ, called a double batchim, has no single fixed sound. Before ㄴ, its ㅎ is silent; before ㄱ, ㄷ, or ㅈ, ㅎ combines with the next consonant to produce ㅋ, ㅌ, or ㅊ. The full Korean word determines the reading.
Where did Hangul's syllable blocks come from?
Hangul's documentary history reaches back to 1443 and 1446: work on the Korean alphabet was underway by 1443, and the 1446 Hunminjeongeum manuscript explains its letters and how they combine.
Hangul addressed a practical problem: Korean speech differed from written Chinese, and Chinese characters made literacy harder to reach. The new alphabet was designed to be easier to learn and use in daily life. 퐗 is one possible block formed by those rules, not a special sign invented on its own.
As of 2026, 퐗 has no established standalone meaning in modern Korean; its lexical role depends on the word around it.
How do I type 퐗?
Use a Unicode code-point route for this rare syllable block.
As of 2026, documented routes cover Microsoft Office, Linux GTK, and macOS Unicode Hex Input.
It fits a technical or language-learning context; alone, it reads like a character sample.
Do not translate it by itself as a Korean word.
Who writes 퐗
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Don't confuse it with
1퐗 This decomposed Hangul sequence writes the same three jamo; Unicode normalization can combine it into 퐗.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 퐗 look different in different fonts?
The font changes its outline, not its identity. Different fonts draw the same Hangul block differently; the underlying character remains 퐗.
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How to type or find 퐗
- Also called
- pwalh
- Search it as
- 퐗 meaning · 퐗 pronunciation · Hangul jamo · decomposed Hangul · double batchim ㅀ · Unicode input D417
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
퐗\D417Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.