Hangul syllable 풠

By itself, 풠 is a written syllable, not a word.

Korean spelling groups letters into syllable blocks. The Unicode name “pweols” describes this block’s components: initial ㅍ, vowel ㅝ, and final consonant cluster ㄽ. Their exact decomposed forms are ᄑ, ᅯ, and ᆳ. The surrounding Korean word supplies the meaning.

Hangul’s block structure dates to the creation and promulgation of the Korean writing system under King Sejong in 1443–1446. The blocks group Korean letters by syllable; Unicode represents them as compact, precomposed characters.

How did Hangul’s block structure change?

Hangul kept its syllable blocks as other writing conventions changed.

Early Korean writing used marks and letters that modern spelling no longer uses; tone marks continued into the late 16th century before fading from ordinary writing. Older texts can also show syllables as separate jamo, and precomposed Unicode blocks do not cover every historical word. 풠 follows the productive Hangul pattern; it is not an ancient standalone sign.

The parts have distinct roles: ᄑ is the initial form of ㅍ, ᅯ is the vowel form of ㅝ, and ᆳ is the final form of ㄽ.