Hangul syllable Teugg

This is one Korean syllable, assembled from three Hangul letters.

ㅌ is the starting consonant, ㅡ is the vowel, and ㄲ is the final consonant. Korean calls these building-block letters jamo. Grouped together, they form one written syllable. A lone block gives the syllable sound, but the surrounding word is what makes a particular message clear.

Why does Hangul arrange letters into blocks?

Each block groups the parts of one spoken Korean syllable.

Hangul, the Korean alphabet, was developed under King Sejong, a Korean ruler; its creation dates to 1443. The Hunminjeongeum, a guide explaining the letters, was published in 1446. It aimed to make Korean easier to write because Chinese characters did not fit Korean sounds well and were hard for many people to learn.

The square-block layout belongs to Hangul's writing system, not to a one-off invention for 튺. By 1455, Hangul metal type was being used by Korean royalty.

How do I type 튺?

On a Korean Dubeolsik layout, enter X, then M, then Shift+R.

Dubeolsik is the Korean two-set layout: X enters ㅌ, M enters ㅡ, and Shift+R enters ㄲ. A Korean input method editor (IME) joins those letters into this syllable block. The keystrokes depend on the selected layout.