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밟

hangul syllable balb

Hangul syllable balb

밟 is the syllable used in the Korean verb 밟다, “step on”; it rarely stands alone. The verb also appears in phrases for pressing a pedal or going through a process. Its final ㄼ cluster changes sound with the ending: 밟다 is 밥따, while 밟아 is 발바.

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밟다 · 밟아 · 밟는 · ㄼ · 밟다 pronunciation · 밟아 pronunciation
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What 밟 means

The core idea is putting a foot on something.

밟다 means “step on” or “tread on.” In phrases, it can also mean press a pedal, follow a route, pursue someone, or go through a procedure; context supplies the sense.

Hangul was designed to make Korean writing more accessible than Chinese characters. Its earliest record dates to 1443; an explanatory book followed in 1446. Syllable blocks combine consonant and vowel jamo. Unicode normalization can separate those jamo even when text still displays one block.

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings
밟다 [밥따]
In Korean it sounds roughly like “bap-ta,” with a tense t; the verb means “step on” or “trample.”
밟아 [발바]
The vowel ending lets both consonants be heard across the syllable boundary; roughly “bal-ba.”
밟는 [밤는]
Before ㄴ, the final cluster sounds like m; roughly “bam-neun.”

Combination ideas

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Press the brake.
Go through a legal procedure.

Questions people ask

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Why does 밟 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 밟

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BC1F, then Alt+X to get 밟.
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 balb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bc1f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
밟
CSS
\BC1F
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
밟
HTML hex
밟
CSS content
content: "\BC1F";
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URL encoded
%EB%B0%9F
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3
UTF-8 bytes

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Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

ᄀᄁᄂᄃᄄᄅᄆᄇᄈᄉᄊᄋ

Korean syllables11,623 symbols

ᄀᄁᄂᄃᄄᄅᄆᄇᄈᄉᄊᄋ