Hangul syllable BBEB

Read 뻽 as one part of a Korean word.

Hangul is the Korean writing system; its consonant and vowel letters are called jamo. Unicode decomposes 뻽 into the leading consonant ᄈ, vowel ᅦ, and trailing consonant ᆸ.

Hangul’s history begins with the Korean title Hunminjeongeum (“Correct Sounds for Instructing the People”), first recorded in 1443; the script was formally promulgated in 1446. It was designed to represent Korean speech directly and make reading teachable, rather than rely on borrowed Chinese writing. Before Hangeul became widely used by 1928, earlier Korean names included jeongeum (“correct sounds”), eonmun (“vernacular writing”), and gukmun (“national writing”). This block follows the system’s letter-building rules; it was not created as a picture with its own separate message.

What does a message with only 뻽 mean?

A single syllable leaves the intended word unclear.

Treat it as an isolated piece of Korean writing: the glyph does not tell you whether the sender meant a longer word. Ask what word they intended before reading a tone into it.

How do I type 뻽 on a Korean keyboard?

On the standard Korean 2-set layout, press Shift+Q, P, Q.

With the Dubeolsik layout and a Korean input method active, Shift+Q enters ㅃ, P enters ㅔ, and Q enters ㅂ. The input method assembles them in initial-vowel-final order; other layouts can assign different keys.

Unicode can store the same syllable as one precomposed character or as the conjoining sequence 뻽. Fonts and apps without suitable Hangul shaping may display the separate jamo differently, even though the sequence represents the same syllable.