fsymbols
Loading symbols…
››
밡

hangul syllable balt

Hangul syllable balt

As of 2026-09-13, 밡 had no established standalone word or social meaning; it is a Hangul syllable block built from ㅂ, ㅏ, and final cluster ㄾ. In Korean text, its surrounding word and sentence supply the meaning. A Korean input method can also assemble it for a character test.

Text symbol
Search it as
밡 meaning · 밡 Korean character · how to type 밡 · ㅂㅏㄹㅌ · ㄾ · Hangul jamo · Korean IME
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 밡 means

As of 2026-09-13, this exact syllable had no established standalone word meaning.

Jamo sequence for 밡: ᄇ + ᅡ + ᆴ. Jamo are Hangul’s component letters; here they form an initial consonant, the vowel ㅏ, and final cluster ㄾ (ㄹ + ㅌ). In Korean writing, the surrounding word or sentence carries the syllable’s meaning.

Hangul was devised under King Sejong in 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a guide explaining the letters, appeared in 1446. It gave people a way to write Korean without relying on Chinese characters or knowledge of classical Chinese. The script met resistance before spreading through court women and commoners, and during Japanese rule it became tied to Korean linguistic identity. Accounts connecting its design to Chinese phonology or the Mongolian Phags-pa script remain debated.

How to type 밡

A Korean input method assembles the syllable as you type. A Korean IME, or input method editor, combines ㅂ, ㅏ, ㄹ, and ㅌ; the final two consonants join as ㄾ. The block can change on screen as each component arrives.

Unicode can also encode the syllable as 밡, three conjoining jamo (component letters). Text software should keep that sequence together as one Hangul syllable, without inserting a line or character break in the middle.

Should I send 밡 by itself?

Send it alone only when you mean this exact syllable. A lone block gives no clue which Korean word or sentence you intend. As of 2026-09-13, no established standalone meme or community reading was supported for 밡; if you are checking a font or input method, label it as a test.

Neutral as Korean text; alone, it reads as an isolated syllable.

A lone 밡 can read as a stray character; use it only when that syllable is intended.

Don't confuse it with

2

Questions people ask

1

Why does 밡 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 밡

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BC21, then Alt+X to get 밡.
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 balt”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bc21, then Enter or Space.
HTML
밡
CSS
\BC21
Korean input method
Enter ㅂ, ㅏ, ㄹ, then ㅌ; the IME joins the final pair as ㄾ and composes 밡.
Decomposed Unicode
Use 밡 only when your workflow needs the three conjoining jamo instead of the precomposed syllable.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
밡
HTML hex
밡
CSS content
content: "\BC21";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B0%A1
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.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols