Hangul syllable Pyogg

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, type v, y, then Shift+r.

With the Korean input method active, that sequence enters ㅍ, ㅛ, and ㄲ; the method joins them into the single block 푞. Other Korean keyboard layouts use different keys, but the jamo sequence is the same.

What does 푞 mean?

Its spelling gives one syllable; the word supplies the meaning.

푞 is one Hangul syllable block made from three jamo, the Korean letters ᄑ (initial consonant), ᅭ (vowel), and ᆩ (final consonant). Unicode’s technical name “Pyogg” is assembled from those components; it is not a translation or a Korean word. Korean keyboards commonly show the corresponding input forms ㅍ, ㅛ, and ㄲ.

When was Hangul created?

The creation project began in 1443.

A royal record places the Hangul creation project in 1443; the explanatory book Hunminjeongeum was completed in 1446. It introduced the new letters and explained how they form syllable blocks.

Hangul was designed to write Korean more directly than Chinese characters could. The script was also called Eonmun (“vernacular writing”) and Gungmun (“national writing”) before Hangul became its established name.