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빭

hangul syllable bbalt

Hangul syllable Bbalt

빭 is one Korean Hangul syllable block; by itself, it has no fixed everyday meaning, so the surrounding word supplies it. It combines ㅃ at the start, ㅏ as its vowel, and ㄾ at the end. A Korean keyboard input method can build it from those parts.

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What 빭 means

It has no fixed standalone meaning; the Korean word supplies it.

빭 is a Hangul syllable block built from jamo—the letters that combine into syllables: initial consonant ㅃ, vowel ㅏ, and the two-consonant ending ㄾ. “Bbalt” is a structural label for those parts, not a Korean word or pronunciation. In writing, the surrounding word gives the syllable its meaning.

Hangul was devised under King Sejong so more people could read and write Korean; official writing had relied heavily on classical Chinese characters, called Hanja in Korean. A surviving entry in the Sejong royal annals dates the new script to December 1443. The 1446 Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon, a guide to its design and use, explains the system. In 1894, reforms made Hangul Joseon's official writing system. 빭 itself is built from Hangul jamo, not from a Hanja character.

How do I type 빭?

A Korean keyboard input method can build it from its letters.

Enter ㅃ, ㅏ, ㄹ, then ㅌ; the method combines final ㄹ+ㅌ as ㄾ. A Korean input method is keyboard software that turns keystrokes into Hangul syllables.

The result is one precomposed syllable block, even though its parts are entered separately.

Use it inside Korean spelling; alone, it has no fixed everyday meaning.

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Why does 빭 show as a box?

It can. The font or app may lack a glyph for this syllable, so it appears as a box or replacement mark. A font with Hangul coverage can display it.

How to type 빭

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BE6D, then Alt+X to get 빭.
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 bbalt”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType be6d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
빭
CSS
\BE6D
Korean input method
Enter ㅃ, ㅏ, ㄹ, then ㅌ; the input method combines final ㄹ+ㅌ into ㄾ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
빭
HTML hex
빭
CSS content
content: "\BE6D";
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URL encoded
%EB%B9%AD
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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