Hangul syllable 륕

It is one Korean syllable; the surrounding word tells what it means. A Hangul block groups the letters for one syllable: 륕 has ㄹ at the start, ㅟ as its vowel, and ㅌ at the end. This spells Korean; the neighboring blocks show which word it belongs to.

Hangul’s 28-letter alphabet was created under King Sejong in 1443, an event recorded in the royal chronicle Sejong Sillok. It gave Korean a sound-based way to write the language rather than relying only on Chinese characters. The explanatory guide Hunminjeongeum, published in 1446, describes how initial, middle, and final sounds combine into syllable blocks such as 륕.

How do I type 륕 on a Korean keyboard?

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, type ㄹ + ㅜ + ㅣ + ㅌ. The input method joins ㅜ and ㅣ into the vowel ㅟ, then places ㅌ at the end of the block.

Unicode’s decomposed form uses three connected Korean jamo (letters): ᄅ + ᅱ + ᇀ. A Hangul-capable font shapes these components as one syllable cell, so their proportions can vary across fonts while the character stays the same.

In a Korean word, final ㅌ may link to the start of the next syllable when that syllable begins with a vowel, changing its sound. Read the whole word to catch the shift.