Hangul syllable 툤

The word around 툤 supplies its meaning. The block contributes one Korean syllable: initial consonant ㅌ, vowel ㅛ, and final consonant ㅆ.

Before Hangul, Chinese characters were used for Korean writing, sometimes through Idu, a method that adapted them to Korean speech. Under King Sejong, scholars created Hangul to make Korean easier to write; its creation is dated to 1443. A guide titled 훈민정음 해례본, published in 1446, explained the letters. At first, some Confucian scholars opposed Hangul; the royal court promoted it through books and administration. Its consonants and vowels combine in regular syllable blocks, and 툤 follows that design.

How do I type 툤?

On a Korean two-set keyboard, type x, y, then Shift+T. With Korean input enabled, those keys enter ㅌ, ㅛ, and ㅆ in initial-vowel-final order, and the input method joins them into 툤.

The final ㅆ must come after the vowel to stay in the same block.

Is 툤 one character or three jamo?

It is one precomposed character with three parts.

Text can also represent the syllable as three separate Hangul letters: ᄐ, ᅭ, and ᆻ—the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant. Text normalization can switch between this decomposed form and the single block. Fonts may arrange or draw the parts differently, but that does not change the syllable.