Hangul syllable 륢

It is a Hangul block for one Korean syllable. It combines initial consonant ㄹ, vowel ㅠ, and final cluster ㄻ. In a Korean word, the syllable contributes sound; the word carries the meaning.

Hangul’s story is the story of the Korean writing system, not of this one syllable. The Sejong Sillok, a chronicle of King Sejong’s reign, records the announcement of Hunminjeongeum in 1443; an explanatory book of that name, published in 1446, describes how initial, middle, and final sounds combine. Hangul offered a more learnable way to write Korean than a system based on Chinese characters. After the 1894 Gabo Reform, a Korean political reform period, the labels gukmun and gukseo became common in place of jeongeum and eonmun; by 1928, “Hangeul” was widely used as the script’s name.

Korean writing also used Chinese characters, and ideas about Chinese sound structure influenced Hangul’s design. Scholars debate whether Phags-pa, another writing system, influenced the way Hangul syllable blocks are arranged. That proposed connection concerns the script’s design; it does not show that 륢 descended from a separate ancient sign.

What if someone sends 륢 alone?

It shows a syllable, but leaves the intended word unclear.

The glyph tells you which syllable is written, not which word or thought the sender intended. Ask for the surrounding Korean word if you need to understand the message.