Hangul syllable Reolp

One Hangul syllable, not a standalone idea. Its jamo (component letters) are the initial consonant ㄹ, the vowel ㅓ, and the final cluster ㄿ. Unicode decomposes them as ᄅ, ᅥ, and ᆵ; fonts may arrange them differently within the block.

Hangul was created under King Sejong in 1443; the 1446 book Hunminjeongeum explained the script. It made Korean easier to write than earlier systems that adapted Chinese characters, such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal. Hangul appeared in Buddhist and Confucian works, practical guides, and daily writing. It became Korea’s official writing system in 1894, lost that status under Japanese rule in 1910, and survived through education and research before returning to standardized public use.