Hangul Syllable Reng

Press F, P, D in Korean input: ㄹ + ㅔ + ㅇ.

On the two-set layout F, P and D make those jamo, and the IME builds 렝 as you type. If the parts stay split apart, you are still in English input: switch to Korean or copy it from the palette above.

What does 렝 mean?

By itself, it supplies a syllable, not a complete meaning.

Hangul is a compositional system, not a set of independent signs. Its creation is first recorded in December 1443, and the explanatory Hunminjeongeum book was completed in 1446. A font assembles ㄹ, ㅔ and ㅇ into one square block, and the same text may be stored precomposed or as jamo, so a normalization difference is not a new symbol.

So read 렝 inside its word, name, or transcription. Around the related reading, South Korean initial-sound rules write 냉 at the start of words, while northern spelling keeps 랭 in forms such as 랭면.

Is 렝 the same as 랭?

No: 렝 uses ㅔ; 랭 uses ㅐ.

The spelling is different even when the sound is close. A 2009 study of Seoul speech found complete acoustic overlap between the two vowels, which is why 렝 can sound like 랭. Keep the written form when copying a Korean word or name.