Hangul syllable Toeh

It is one syllable block in Korean Hangul.

Hangul builds a syllable from individual letters, called jamo: the initial consonant here is ᄐ, the vowel is ᅬ, and the final consonant is ᇂ. Unicode’s label “toeh” combines the jamo names; it is not a translation or a guide to pronouncing a Korean word.

Inside a Korean word, 툏 contributes one syllable. If someone sends the block alone, it identifies a syllable but does not explain why they sent it.

How did Hangul’s block structure develop?

Hangul was created to write Korean speech with letters arranged into syllable blocks.

The earliest recorded reference to Hangul’s creation is dated to 1443; Hunminjeongeum Haerye, a guide to the new alphabet, was published in 1446. The system offered a practical way to write Korean with letters grouped into syllables, instead of relying on Chinese characters that fit Korean speech less conveniently and were difficult for many people to use.

Hangul first coexisted with Hanja-centered writing. As of 2026, Korean is written predominantly in Hangul; Hanja (Chinese characters used for Korean) still appears in some publications and advertisements as an educated or elite signal. 툏 belongs to Hangul’s syllable-block system.

why does 툏 look different in different fonts?

The outline can change while the character stays the same.

Unicode text can contain the precomposed syllable block 툏 or the three-letter jamo sequence ᄐ + ᅬ + ᇂ; they are equivalent forms of the same text, and normalization can convert between them. Fonts shape and space the components differently inside the block, so its outline may vary without changing the character.