Hangul syllable 럍

It is a Korean syllable, not a standalone concept.

럍 combines ㄹ, a Korean consonant between a light r and l, ㅑ (roughly “ya”), and final ㅌ (a clipped t). It supplies a syllable in Korean spelling; the surrounding word gives it meaning.

Hangul was created in 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a guide to its principles and use, was published in 1446. Hangul offered a more direct way to write Korean than idu, an older method that used Chinese characters to write Korean words and grammatical endings. As of 2026-09-13, South Korean usage generally calls the script Hangul, while North Korean usage favors Chosŏn'gŭl (조선글).

How do I type 럍?

Switch to the Korean two-set keyboard, then press F-I-X.

On standard Dubeolsik, those keys enter ㄹ, ㅑ, and ㅌ in that order. With a Korean input method active they compose as 럍; in English input mode, they remain Latin letters.

Why can fonts draw 럍 differently?

The font changes its drawing, not its identity.

Unicode can represent the same syllable as one precomposed block or as a sequence of joining jamo (Hangul letters arranged into syllables). Fonts may draw the components with different shapes, sizes, and placement. Normalization can compose the sequence into the single block.