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뽋

hangul syllable bbolb

Hangul syllable Bbolb

뽋 is one Hangul syllable block, not a complete message on its own; surrounding Korean text tells you how to understand it. It is built from ㅃ, ㅗ, and the final consonant pair ㄹㅂ.

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뽋 · bbolb · Hangul syllable block · Korean jamo · two-set Korean keyboard · 겹받침 · ㄹㅂ · Korean syllable
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What 뽋 means

By itself, it gives you one Korean syllable, not a full message. 뽋 contributes a syllable to Korean writing; the word around it supplies the meaning.

Hangul's history is the history of a writing system, not a one-off invention of this block. The National Hangeul Museum dates the first mention of Hunminjeongeum, the Korean script, to 1443 and its explanatory book to 1446. The book explains how an initial consonant, a vowel and an optional final consonant pair join into a syllable block, the pattern used in 뽋.

The jamo—the consonant and vowel letters used to build Hangul syllables—here are ㅃ, ㅗ and the final pair ㄹㅂ. Korean calls a two-consonant ending like this 겹받침: both consonants are written at the end of one block.

How do I type 뽋?

Use Korean composition mode. Type ㅃ, ㅗ, then ㄹ and ㅂ; a Korean IME (input method editor) joins them into one block.

On the standard two-set Korean keyboard, press Shift+Q, H, F, Q in order. The last two keys enter the final pair ㄹㅂ.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Sent alone
One isolated Korean syllable, with no surrounding word to interpret.
Inside a Korean word
Read it as one syllable of the word; the full word provides its meaning.

Questions people ask

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Why does 뽋 look different in fonts?

Fonts draw Hangul syllable blocks with different stroke shapes and spacing, but the text remains the same character.

How to type 뽋

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BF4B, then Alt+X to get 뽋.
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 bbolb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bf4b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
뽋
CSS
\BF4B
Korean IME
Type ㅃ, ㅗ, ㄹ and ㅂ with Korean composition enabled; the IME joins them into the block.
Two-set Korean keyboard
On the standard layout, press Shift+Q, H, F, Q in order.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
뽋
HTML hex
뽋
CSS content
content: "\BF4B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%BD%8B
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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Families this belongs to

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