Hangul syllable salg

As a Korean noun, 삵 names a wildcat.

A related word, 살쾡이, also names a wildcat, but it is a separate multi-syllable word rather than a longer spelling of 삵.

Hangul arranges Korean consonant and vowel letters into syllable blocks; the final two consonants in 삵 form one ending cluster within that block.

What is the history of 삵?

The word has an older form in Middle Korean.

A comparative history of Korean records solk as a Latin-letter transcription of an older form for “wildcat.” Middle Korean is an earlier stage of Korean.

A regional Korean word recorded around Busan, 살찐이, is analyzed as 삵 + 진 + 이 and glossed as “tamed wildcat.” Here 삵 is the animal word at the start of a local word.

How do I type 삵?

Switch to Korean input and type the four letters in order.

On the standard two-set Dubeolsik layout, ㅅ, ㅏ, ㄹ and ㄱ correspond to the t, k, f and r keys; the input method combines them as 삵. In Latin mode, the same keys enter Latin letters.

Different fonts may draw the same Hangul block differently; the character stays the same.