What 앗 means
It marks sudden surprise, realization, or “oops.”
This Korean interjection fits a jolt: heat, danger, noticing something is missing, or remembering something late. “앗! 깜빡 잊고 있었다” means “Oops, I forgot.” 앗 supplies the reaction; any apology comes from the rest of the message.
What does punctuation change?
“앗!” jolts; “앗, 그런데…” pauses before a correction.
앗 can also be shouted at the moment of sudden physical effort.
Casual and immediate; it fits conversation better than formal prose.
앗 alone is not an apology.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readings“앗! 깜짝이야.”
The sender was startled.
“앗! 깜빡 잊고 있었다.”
They just remembered something they had forgotten.
“앗, 그런데…”
A correction or change of direction is coming.
Questions people ask
1Why does 앗 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 앗
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C557, then Alt+X to get 앗.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable as”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c557, then Enter or Space.
HTML
앗CSS
\C557Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
앗
HTML hex
앗
CSS content
content: "\C557";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%95%97
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.