Hangul syllable 턨

It is one written syllable, not a message with a fixed meaning.

턨 has no fixed translation on its own; its reading and meaning come from the Korean word that contains it. Its three jamo—the consonant and vowel letters of Hangul—are initial ㅌ, vowel ㅒ, and final ㅆ.

Hangul's syllable-block system was devised in 1443; a book published in 1446 explained its purpose and principles. Before Hangul, Korean writing used systems that adapted Chinese characters, including Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal. Hangul became the official national writing system in 1894, lost that status under Japanese rule in 1910, and new notation policies were established after liberation in 1945.

How is 턨 built from jamo?

It is ㅌ + ㅒ + ㅆ, composed as one block.

The Unicode name describes the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant; it is not a word translation. The final ㅆ sits in the batchim, the bottom consonant position in the block. Korean sound rules affect how it is pronounced in a word.

On a South Korean Dubeolsik keyboard, a Korean input method assembles these parts into the precomposed block. Other layouts assign different keys, and software may leave the jamo decomposed instead of composing one block.