Hangul Syllable Soep

It is a Korean syllable block built from Hangul letters. These parts are called jamo, the consonant and vowel letters that form Hangul: ㅅ is the initial consonant, ㅚ the vowel, and ㅍ the final consonant. In a Korean word, the block contributes one syllable.

Korean ruler King Sejong's court devised Hangul in 1443; it was formally promulgated in 1446 after testing. A study argues that a 1447 edition of Worin-seokbo, a Buddhist book, may show Hangul's first practical printed use.

Hangul addressed a practical gap: writing Korean with Chinese characters did not fit spoken Korean well and left many people without an easy way to write their own words. Early books carried Buddhist teaching; later translations carried Confucian learning, the teachings associated with Confucius, followed by practical knowledge, law, and public administration. Chinese characters were the older writing environment; jamo are Hangul's building blocks.

How do I type 쇺?

Use a Korean input method in Hangul composition mode. Enter the initial consonant ㅅ, vowel ㅚ, and final consonant ㅍ; the input method combines them into one block.

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