What 삑 means
It writes a short, sharp sound. 삑 imitates a brief machine tone, horn, whistle, or squeak; it names the sound, not one particular device.
Korean sound descriptions also group 삐익 with 삑 for high tones. A 2015 interview uses 삑사리 for an off-key note; it also means a billiards miscue, whose origin remains unsettled as of 2026-05-14.
Casual, abrupt, and sound-effect-like.
In a formal reply to a manager, a bare 삑 can sound like a joke or an alarm.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 삑 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 삑
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C091, then Alt+X to get 삑.
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 bbig”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c091, then Enter or Space.
HTML
삑CSS
\C091Korean 2-set keyboard
Switch to Korean input and press Shift+Q, L, R in order.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
삑
HTML hex
삑
CSS content
content: "\C091";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%82%91
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.