Hangul Syllable Yaek

얰 is one Korean syllable block, not a translated word. It combines the opening consonant ㅇ, vowel ㅒ, and final consonant ㅋ. Unicode generates the label “yaek” from those parts; it is not a Korean word translated into English. Read the block in the word or sentence around it.

Hangul was introduced in 1443; the book Hunminjeongeum, which explained the writing system, was published in 1446. Hangul gave Korean a systematic way to write speech with consonant and vowel letters. In early Korean texts, Hangul sometimes appeared alongside Chinese characters. Digital text can store a syllable as one precomposed block like 얰 or as an equivalent sequence of joining letters.

How do I type 얰?

A Korean 2-set keyboard builds it from three jamo keystrokes.

Switch to Korean input and press D for ㅇ, Shift+O for ㅒ, then Z for ㅋ. The input method editor joins those entries into 얰 as you type.

Unicode also represents the same syllable with three joining Hangul letters, ᄋ + ᅤ + ᆿ; they join into one block. Fonts may draw and arrange their components differently.