What 발 means
발 usually means “foot”; context settles the rest. It can also mean a step, gait, a furniture leg, or a unit for counting steps.
Where does 발 come from?
발 is a syllable block in the Hangul writing system. Hangul was created to make Korean easier to write than with Chinese characters; its design and documentation date from 1443 to 1446.
The block combines the Hangul letters ㅂ, ㅏ, and final ㄹ. Unicode can represent the same syllable as one block or as an equivalent sequence of joined letters.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings발 sent alone
Usually the noun “foot”; the fragment alone does not reveal why it was sent.
In 발이 넓다
Knowing many people or being well connected.
Questions people ask
1Why does 발 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 발
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BC1C, then Alt+X to get 발.
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 bal”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bc1c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
발CSS
\BC1CCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
발
HTML hex
발
CSS content
content: "\BC1C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B0%9C
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.