Hangul syllable Tyon

It is one Korean syllable; its word supplies the meaning. Its jamo—the letters combined in a Hangul block—are ㅌ at the start, ㅛ as the vowel, and final ㄴ. The usual Latin spelling “tyon” is a reading guide.

King Sejong’s alphabet was designed to make Korean easier to write than systems relying on Chinese characters alone. Its design was completed in 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a manuscript explaining the alphabet, introduced it to readers. Earlier Korean writing also used Chinese characters (hanja) and methods such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal, which adapted those characters to represent Korean.

Hangul spread through letters, labels, translations, and practical books while official documents remained mainly in Chinese characters. In 1894, reforms under King Gojong of Joseon, the Korean kingdom of the time, made Hangul its official script and authorized it for public documents. After Japan annexed Korea in 1910, Hangul lost that status, though Korean writers and teachers kept using and studying it. The two Koreas use different standard names for the same alphabet: Hangul in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea.

How do I type 툔?

On a standard Korean 2-beolsik (two-set) keyboard, press x, y, then s. Switch to Korean input first; it maps those keys to ㅌ, ㅛ, and ㄴ and assembles the block. Typing “tyon” on an English keyboard will not produce 툔.