Hangul syllable 룈

It spells a Korean syllable; its word meaning depends on context. Hangul letters, called jamo, combine into blocks: ᄅ is the initial consonant, ᅬ the vowel, and ᆿ the final consonant in 룈. These parts show how the syllable is written; the Korean word around it supplies any lexical meaning.

Hangul's history gives the background for this block. Before Hangul, Korean writers used Chinese characters and adaptations such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal to record Korean speech. King Sejong created Hangul in 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the new alphabet, explained its design and its aim of broadening literacy.

How do you type 룈?

Use Korean input and enter its parts in order. On a standard Korean 2-set QWERTY keyboard, press F, H, L, then Z: F enters ㄹ; H then L forms ㅚ from ㅗ and ㅣ; Z enters ㅋ. The input method assembles 룈.

Unicode can encode the same syllable as one precomposed block or as the three conjoining jamo ᄅ, ᅬ, and ᆿ. Text normalization can convert between these equivalent forms, and some apps or fonts display the decomposed jamo separately.