Hangul syllable Rej

It is one Korean syllable block, not a word by itself.

Hangul groups a starting consonant, a vowel, and sometimes an ending consonant into a roughly square block. 렞 combines ㄹ at the start, ㅔ as the vowel, and ㅈ at the end. The English Unicode label “REJ” points to those components; it is not a Korean word or a pronunciation guide. Within a word, 렞 supplies one written syllable, while the whole word provides its meaning.

Hangul was designed to make Korean easier to write. Before it, writing Korean relied on Chinese characters (Hanja) and Idu, a system that adapted those characters to Korean; this made everyday writing difficult. Hangul’s earliest creation record is dated to 1443. Hunminjeongeum Haerye, an illustrated guide to how letters combine, followed in 1446. The 1443 record names Old Seal Script as a model for letter shapes; 렞 itself is a combination of Hangul letters. During the Joseon period, Hangul appeared in women’s letters and literature. In present-day Korea, it is ordinary writing.

What does 렞 mean when someone sends it?

Alone, it is an unattached piece of Korean spelling.

Inside Korean writing, 렞 is one syllable in a word. Sent by itself, it lacks the surrounding word that gives it a role; ask which Korean word or sentence it belongs to before interpreting it.

How do I type 렞?

Enter ㄹ, ㅔ, and ㅈ with a Korean IME.

On the common Korean 2-set layout, those letters map to QWERTY keys f-p-w; the IME assembles them into 렞. In English input mode, the same keys produce Latin letters.

The composed character 렞 is one precomposed syllable. Typing the component jamo separately may leave separate symbols instead of the single block.