Hangul syllable Pyaeb

It is one Hangul syllable; context gives it a word-level role.

Unicode breaks 퍱 into ᄑ + ᅤ + ᆸ: an initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant. In the more familiar standalone letter forms, these are ㅍ + ㅒ + ㅂ. “Pyaeb” is Unicode’s component-based label for the block, not a translation.

The earliest documentary record of Hangul is from 1443; the Hunminjeongeum, a text explaining the new letters, was published in 1446. Hangul was created to write Korean more directly than earlier systems that adapted Chinese characters, including idu, hyangchal, and gugyeol. It spread through everyday, religious, literary, and administrative writing, growing from use outside official elite writing into Korea’s national writing system.

How do I type 퍱?

Enter ㅍ, then ㅒ, then ㅂ in a Korean input method.

A Hangul-aware input method can join those letters into 퍱. An editor can also compose the sequence ᄑ + ᅤ + ᆸ; if it leaves the letters separate, it has not performed Hangul composition.

Fonts arrange the parts inside each Hangul syllable block, so the outline can vary while the text remains 퍱.