What ᆪ means
It writes a ㄱ+ㅅ ending inside a Korean syllable. ᆪ is a final-position jamo, a letter form used in the bottom slot of a Hangul syllable. This double batchim is spelled with both consonants, even though pronunciation changes with the next sound.
The 1446 Hunminjeongeum Haerye, an explanation of the Korean alphabet, describes syllables made from an initial, a middle vowel, and a final, including endings of two or three consonants. It records the spelling system, not this later standalone digital form. Older Korean spelling used more final combinations; modern standard spelling keeps a smaller set, including ㄳ.
How is ㄳ pronounced?
The next sound decides which part carries over. At a word end or before a consonant, standard Korean pronounces only the ㄱ side, as a clipped k. Before a vowel, ㅅ moves to the next syllable and sounds like s.
The spelling remains ㄳ in all three contexts; the examples show sound changes, not different characters.
How do I type ᆪ?
Build the complete Korean syllable with a Korean input method. Type the word; the input method combines the two consonants into a final cluster inside the syllable block.
Insert raw ᆪ only when your text needs a positional jamo, such as in font testing or linguistic notation. As of 2026, modern browsers broadly support shaping conjoining Hangul jamo; other applications are less consistent.
Alone, ᆪ signals Hangul spelling or text-processing; it does not express a conversational tone.
For an everyday Korean word, enter the complete syllable; ᆪ is only its ending.
What it means when someone sends it to you
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4Questions people ask
1Why does ᆪ look incomplete by itself?
It is a positional jamo designed for the bottom slot of a syllable block. Fonts and apps vary in how they shape a standalone final jamo, so it may appear detached.
How to type ᆪ
ᆪ\11AACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
