What 배 means
These are distinct Korean words sharing one written syllable.
Hangul, Korea’s writing system, was devised to make Korean writing accessible in 1443 and explained in 1446. Related forms appear in records from 1103 and 1447; the later example is in Hangul. This syllable combines the initial consonant ㅂ and vowel ㅐ.
Ordinary Korean spelling; context identifies the word.
Do not assign a meaning to 배 without context.
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readings배가 아파요
My stomach hurts.
배를 타요
Taking a boat.
배가 달아요
The pear is sweet.
세 배예요
It is three times as much.
Questions people ask
1Why does 배 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 배
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BC30, then Alt+X to get 배.
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 bae”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bc30, then Enter or Space.
HTML
배CSS
\BC30How to type 배
Use Korean input: ㅂ then ㅐ. Standard Dubeolsik uses Q then O without Shift; the input method joins them.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
배
HTML hex
배
CSS content
content: "\BC30";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B0%B0
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.