Hangul syllable 틊

By itself, it is a syllable, not a complete word meaning.

The block is formed from initial consonant ㅌ, vowel ㅡ, and final cluster ㅄ—a pair of consonants at the end of a syllable. The final ㅄ is normally pronounced like a closed “p”; when a Korean ending starts with a vowel, ㅅ can move into the next syllable and sound like a sharper “s.” The word around 틊 determines the full reading.

Hangul’s recorded history begins in 1443, and an explanatory guide to the writing system, Hunminjeongeum, followed in 1446. Hangul was designed to make Korean easier to write for people who could not use Chinese characters. It spread through women at court, Buddhist communities, and books in everyday Korean, while Chinese characters remained prominent in official and scholarly writing. A debated proposal links Hangul’s square syllable blocks to the square-shaped Phags-pa script, promulgated in 1269; the proposal concerns the script’s layout, not this syllable’s origin.

How do I type 틊?

Use a Korean input method (IME) to assemble the block.

On a Korean keyboard, enter ㅌ, ㅡ, ㅂ, then ㅅ. The input method combines them into 틊; exact key positions depend on your keyboard layout.

Unicode can store a Hangul syllable as one precomposed character or as a sequence of component letters, called jamo. A compatible font can display both as the same block, while software comparing unnormalized text may still distinguish the sequences.