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쁢

hangul syllable bbeulm

Hangul syllable bbeulm

쁢 is one Korean Hangul syllable block. Its role comes from the Korean word or phrase around it; by itself, it is best treated as a fragment or input test. Font design can change the block’s proportions, and its letters may appear separately while Korean input is being composed.

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ppeulm · bbeulm · 쁢 Korean keyboard · 쁢 jamo · Hangul syllable · Dubeolsik · Korean keyboard · 받침
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What 쁢 means

It is one unit of Korean writing, not a full message. Hangul groups component letters, called jamo, into syllable blocks. Here the starting consonant is ㅃ, the vowel is ㅡ, and the ending cluster is ㄻ. Read it within the Korean word or phrase around it; if it arrives alone, ask whether it was a fragment or an input test.

Hangul’s letters were created in 1443; Hunminjeongeum, an explanatory book introducing them, appeared in 1446. The system was designed to make Korean easier for its speakers to write, because Chinese-character-based methods did not fit Korean sounds and grammar well.

A Hangul block combines a starting consonant, a vowel, and sometimes an ending consonant. In the 15th century, ㅃ served chiefly in artificial readings of Chinese characters; modern Korean uses it for a tense consonant, made with tighter vocal articulation. That history describes this component, not another meaning for the whole block.

Why does 쁢 look different in fonts?

The font changes the shape, not the character. The horizontal vowel ㅡ places the starting consonant above it and the ending cluster below. Fonts vary in shape, spacing, and proportions. During Korean input, an app may show the component jamo separately until composition finishes; that temporary layout does not change the character.

How do I type 쁢?

Switch to Korean input first. On the standard two-set (Dubeolsik) Korean keyboard, an input method editor (IME) combines keystrokes into syllable blocks. Press Shift+Q, M, F, A to enter ㅃ, ㅡ, ㄹ, ㅁ; the IME joins ㄹ and ㅁ as the ending cluster ㄻ. Other layouts use different keys, so check their on-screen keyboard.

Neutral as a Korean writing unit; alone, it reads as a fragment or an input test.

Alone, it does not reliably communicate a complete message.

Questions people ask

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Why does 쁢 show as separate jamo?

During typing, that can be temporary. If the split remains afterward, the text may contain separate jamo or the app or font may not shape Hangul correctly. A Korean-capable renderer should compose a Hangul jamo sequence into a block.

How to type 쁢

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C062, then Alt+X to get 쁢.
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 bbeulm”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c062, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쁢
CSS
\C062
2-set Korean keyboard
Switch to Hangul input; press Shift+Q, M, F, A. The IME enters ㅃ, ㅡ, ㄹ, ㅁ and composes 쁢.
Other Korean layouts
Enter the keys for ㅃ, ㅡ, ㄹ, and ㅁ on that layout, then let the IME compose the block; check its on-screen keyboard for the keys.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쁢
HTML hex
쁢
CSS content
content: "\C062";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%81%A2
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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.

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