Hangul syllable Ryep

It spells one spoken Korean syllable.

Hangul combines consonant and vowel letters, called jamo, into a compact block for each syllable. In 롚, ᄅ begins the block, ᅨ supplies the vowel, and ᇁ closes it. Together, they spell one syllable rather than three separate word meanings.

Why was Hangul created?

To help people write Korean without knowing Chinese characters.

King Sejong created Hangul for Korean speech in 1443, partly to help people who could not use Chinese characters express themselves in writing. Its original name was 훈민정음. The explanatory book 훈민정음 해례본, completed in 1446, described the original letters and how they were designed.