Hangul syllable Solp

It is one Korean syllable block, not a pictorial sign.

Hangul, the Korean writing system, builds syllable blocks from letters called jamo. 솚 has initial consonant ㅅ, vowel ㅗ, and final consonant cluster ㄿ (ㄹ + ㅍ), placed along the bottom of the block. The generated Unicode label “solp” describes that structure; it is not an ordinary Korean word or translation.

Hangul was developed in 15th-century Korea so people could write Korean speech more accessibly than in the Hanja-heavy system. Hanja are Chinese characters used in Korean writing. Hangul later shared space with Hanja. As of 2026, Hangul is the main writing system for Korean.

How do I type 솚 on a Korean keyboard?

On a Korean composing keyboard, enter ㅅ, ㅗ, ㄹ, then ㅍ.

A Korean IME (input method editor) is software that builds Hangul blocks as you type; it joins ㄹ + ㅍ into the final cluster ㄿ.

Unicode can store the same syllable as three canonical jamo, ᄉ + ᅩ + ᆵ, instead of one precomposed block. Its NFC normalization form combines those letters into 솚; NFD expands the block back into them. Software comparing raw sequences without normalization can treat the two equivalent forms differently.