What 퓴 means
It is a Hangul syllable block built from three letters.
Hangeul groups consonants and vowels, called jamo, into blocks. Here, ㅍ is the opening consonant, ㅠ the vowel, and ㄽ the final cluster (ㄹ + ㅅ). Unicode can also represent the same text as three separate jamo; the letters have not changed.
Hangeul was created in 1443 to give Korean a writing system suited to its speech; Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the new letters, appeared in 1446. Spellings with ㄽ are attested in 15th-century Korean writing. A 2024 study traces the cluster to word parts ending in ㄹ + ㅅ meeting what follows; that history dates the spelling pattern, not this exact block.
How do I type 퓴?
On a Korean 2-set keyboard, type V B F T.
Switch your input method to Korean. The keys V, B, F, T enter ㅍ, ㅠ, ㄹ, ㅅ; the input method joins the last two as ㄽ. After V B F, the display reads 퓰; T completes 퓴.
Why does its spelling outlast its sound?
Final ㄽ sounds like l; ㅅ may surface before a vowel.
At a syllable end, Korean normally pronounces only the l sound represented by ㄹ. If a vowel follows in the same word, ㅅ can move to the next syllable’s start, where it sounds like s. The spelling keeps both letters even when the ending is usually heard as one consonant.
The same ending appears in established Korean words such as 곬, 옰, 물곬, 외곬, and 통곬.
Questions people ask
2How is ㄽ pronounced?
At a syllable end, it is usually pronounced as l. If a vowel follows in the same word, ㅅ can become the next syllable’s starting consonant, pronounced as s.
Why does the Korean keyboard reflow Hangul?
The Korean input method waits for the next key to decide whether a consonant closes the current block or begins the next one. A following vowel can move a consonant out of the ending cluster.
How to type 퓴
퓴\D4F4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.