Hangul syllable 랱

On the standard Korean two-set layout, type f, o, x.

A Korean IME combines those keystrokes as ㄹ + ㅐ + ㅌ to form the single Hangul block 랱. If the parts stay separate, check that the Korean input method is active.

What does 랱 mean by itself?

It is a syllable block, not a word with a fixed meaning.

Hangul syllables put an initial consonant and a vowel together, with an optional final consonant. Here ㄹ starts the block, ㅐ is the vowel, and ㅌ closes it. The parts show how the syllable is spelled; a word or name containing it supplies its meaning.

Hangul was devised in 1443 and explained in Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the new script published in 1446. Because Chinese character writing did not map cleanly to spoken Korean, Hangul provided a system designed for Korean; earlier practices such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean.

Early Buddhist books used Hangul, as did later Confucian books; it also moved into everyday and official writing. In 1894, Korean reforms designated Hangul the country's official writing system.