Hangul syllable waj

It is one syllable block; the surrounding Korean word supplies its meaning.

The block joins the Hangul letters ㅇ at the start, ㅘ as its vowel, and ㅈ at the end. Hangul arranges its letters into a square syllable block, so their positions show how the syllable is built; the surrounding word supplies the meaning.

Hangul was completed in 1443 and introduced in 1446 through Hunminjeongeum, a text explaining the alphabet. It gave Korean speakers an easier way to write their language than relying on Chinese characters alone.

How do I type 왖?

Use Korean input and enter the three letters in order.

Enter ㅇ, ㅘ, then ㅈ. Unicode's Normalization Form C (NFC) stores the precomposed block; Form D (NFD) stores its separate letters. Both can look the same even though the text contains different code sequences.

Why does 왖 look different in apps?

Fonts and text-shaping software control how Hangul is drawn.

If either lacks Hangul support, 왖 may appear as a box or as separated letters. That changes what you see, not which character the text contains.