Hangul syllable Sabs

삾 gives a Korean syllable’s spelling parts, not a word translation.

The sequence ㅄ in 삾 is its double-final consonant cluster; ㅅ is the opening consonant and ㅏ the vowel. The label “sabs” names that sequence, not its meaning in a Korean word. Read the block as part of the surrounding Korean spelling.

Why are Hangul letters grouped into blocks?

Each block places the letters of one syllable together.

Hangul was devised to write Korean in a system suited to its sounds and intended to be learnable by all subjects. Its creation is officially recorded in 1443; the introductory document 훈민정음 was published in 1446. Hangul’s separate consonant and vowel letters, called jamo, combine into square syllable blocks. The square Phags-pa script is discussed as a possible historical influence: made in 1265, proclaimed in 1269, and used officially in the Yuan until 1352.

Hangul became a marker of Korean national identity; a Korean government account described that role in 1996. The modern Korean spelling standard traces to 1933 and was partly revised in 1988.