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뽸

hangul syllable bbwae

Hangul Syllable Bbwae

Read 뽸 as one unit of Korean sound; the word around it supplies the meaning. The block joins ㅃ and ㅙ, and a Korean keyboard assembles those jamo as you type.

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bbwae · 뽸 · Korean syllable · Korean IME · IME · jamo · Korean keyboard · type 뽸
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 뽸 means

It represents one Korean syllable, not a whole idea. 뽸 is one Hangul syllable block made from ㅃ, a consonant jamo, and ㅙ, a vowel jamo. Jamo are the letters combined inside a syllable block. The block contributes its syllable sound; the Korean word gives the meaning.

Hangul’s creation and publication span 1443–1446; it was meant to make Korean writing more accessible to people with little access to education in Chinese characters. Middle Korean descriptions treat ㅙ as a three-part vowel movement; modern Korean pronounces it with a brief w-like glide into the open e in “bed.”

How do I type 뽸?

Enter ㅃ, then ㅙ in a Korean IME. An input method editor (IME) joins these jamo into one Hangul block; the exact keys depend on your keyboard layout.

Why does 뽸 look different across fonts?

Fonts can change its proportions and stroke details. The Unicode Hangul chart says its sample glyphs are not a required template, so fonts can draw the same text character in slightly different ways.

With missing font coverage, 뽸 may appear as a box or replacement mark. That is a display-support issue; the text still contains the same character.

Questions people ask

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Is 뽸 an emoji?

No. 뽸 is a Hangul text character, and its drawn shape comes from the font used to display Korean text.

Why does 뽸 show as a box?

The active font or text renderer may lack this glyph. A font with Hangul coverage can display it; the text still contains 뽸.

How to type 뽸

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BF78, then Alt+X to get 뽸.
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 bbwae”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bf78, then Enter or Space.
HTML
뽸
CSS
\BF78
Korean IME
Enter ㅃ, then ㅙ; the input method combines them into one Hangul syllable block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
뽸
HTML hex
뽸
CSS content
content: "\BF78";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%BD%B8
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.

Families this belongs to

2

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