Hangul syllable Pyob

Alone, 푭 is a syllable, not a word with a settled meaning.

Hangul writes Korean in syllable blocks. Unicode’s label “Pyob” names this block’s components; it is not a translation or a pronunciation guide. The initial ㅍ is an aspirated p, like a p with a puff of air; ㅛ sounds like “yo,” and final ㅂ ends with the lips closed, without releasing the p. Roughly, the sound is “p-yop”; the full Korean word supplies the meaning.

Hangul’s creation is recorded in 1443; a 1446 book called Hunminjeongeum explained its letters and syllable rules. Chinese characters remained common in official and scholarly writing. Hangul also circulated among women at court and Buddhist communities; Korean-language novels reached wider readers in the late Joseon period.

How do I type 푭?

On standard Dubeolsik QWERTY, press V, Y, then Q in Korean mode.

A Korean input method editor (IME) maps those keys to ㅍ, ㅛ, and ㅂ, then combines them into one syllable block.

The sequence 푭 is 푭 decomposed into three conjoining jamo. NFC normalization recomposes that sequence as 푭; text kept in decomposed form may show the parts separately.