What 턾 means
It forms a syllable; the Korean word gives it meaning. The Unicode name “teolp” spells out its parts: ㅌ is the starting consonant, ㅓ the vowel, and ㄿ the final cluster, made from ㄹ ㅍ. These building-block letters are called jamo.
Hangul’s earliest creation record dates to 1443; a 1446 publication explained its aim: make Korean speech easier to write. Its letters join around a vowel to form syllable blocks.
Neutral as a character; its tone comes from the Korean word.
“Teolp” is a Unicode label, not the Korean meaning of a word.
Who writes 턾
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Questions people ask
1Why does 턾 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type or find 턾
- Search it as
- 턾 meaning · teolp · ㄿ · Dubeolsik 턾
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
턾\D13ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

