Hangul syllable pyael

It is one syllable; a Korean word's meaning comes from context. 퍨 combines three Hangul jamo (letter components): ㅍ starts the block, ㅒ supplies the vowel, and ㄹ closes it. Together they fit in one square syllable block.

The first recorded reference to Hangul's creation is dated 1443. The explanatory book 훈민정음 해례 was published in 1446. Hangul was designed to fit Korean speech better than Chinese-character-based writing, which many ordinary people could not easily read or write.

Before Hangul, Korean writers adapted Chinese characters to Korean through systems such as Idu, Hyangchal, and Gugyeol. By 1913, Hangeul had surfaced as the script's native name. Mixed Hangul-Hanja writing—Hanja are Chinese characters used in Korean—later gave way to Hangul-only text, which spread steadily during the 1990s.

How do you type ㅍㅒㄹ as one syllable?

Enter ㅍ, ㅒ, then ㄹ in a Korean input method. It combines them as the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant in one block. In longer text, what follows can change whether a consonant closes this block or begins the next.