Hangul syllable Yub

Read it as one syllable; the surrounding word supplies its meaning. In ordinary reading, a lone 윱 isn't enough to identify a word. Read the Korean word or sentence around it.

The first record of Hunminjeongeum, the Korean script later called Hangul, appears in the court chronicle Sejong Sillok in 1443; an explanatory book with that name was published in 1446. It was designed as a learnable way to represent Korean speech sounds.

A 2021 National Institute of Korean Language cleanup report lists 윱 among candidate characters checked for errors in newspaper text. That is a proofreading lead, not evidence that the block has a fixed slang meaning.

How is 윱 built?

It combines ㅇ, ㅠ, and ㅂ in that order. The jamo for 윱 are its component letters: ㅇ begins the block, ㅠ is the vowel, and ㅂ closes it. Hangul arranges these parts together as one written syllable.

How do I type 윱?

Use Korean input and enter ㅇ, ㅠ, then ㅂ. The input method joins them into 윱. With Latin input active, the same keys produce Latin characters.

Hangul typefaces can change the size and placement of the parts inside the syllable block. The outline may look narrower or more spread out while the character remains 윱.