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쀘

hangul syllable bbwess

Hangul syllable Bbwess

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쀘 is one Hangul syllable: by itself, it does not tell you which Korean word is meant. Korean jamo letters combine to form it. If someone sends it alone, ask for the surrounding word or sentence instead of guessing. A Korean IME can form it from its parts, and fonts can draw the block a little differently.

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What 쀘 means

It is one Hangul syllable, and context supplies the word meaning. Korean letters called jamo combine inside syllable blocks. 쀘 is formed from ㅃ, ㅞ, and ㅆ; those components spell a syllable rather than translate into an English word.

Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, was created under King Sejong. A 1443 record describes its creation; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum guide explains the new letters and how consonants and vowels form syllable blocks. The script offered a more accessible way to write Korean alongside the established use of Classical Chinese.

In 15th-century writing, Hangeul appeared both with Hanja, Chinese characters used in Korean, and on its own. After 1945, North and South Korean writing conventions diverged: North Korea ended Hanja use in 1949, while South Korean newspapers and official writing kept mixed script into the 1980s. Hangeul-only writing spread in the 1990s. These changes affect the texts around 쀘, not a separate meaning built into this syllable.

How do I type 쀘?

Switch your keyboard input to Korean, then enter the components in order. Type ㅃ, then ㅞ, then ㅆ; a Korean input method composes them into 쀘. “Bbwess” is a romanized character label, not a Latin-key recipe.

Why does 쀘 look different across fonts?

The font changes the drawing, not the encoded character. Fonts choose the size, shape, and placement of the components inside the Hangul block. An app or font with incomplete Hangul shaping may display a decomposed sequence separately.

A Korean spelling unit whose meaning depends on the word around it.

A lone 쀘 does not identify the intended word; ask for the surrounding Korean text.

Who writes 쀘

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

One Korean syllable, without enough context to identify the intended word; ask for the surrounding text.

Questions people ask

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Why does 쀘 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 or find 쀘

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쀘 meaning · Korean syllable · Hangul jamo · Korean IME · Korean keyboard · Hangul font · Korean text
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C018, then AltX to get 쀘.
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 bbwess”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c018, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쀘
CSS
\C018
Korean IME
With Korean input enabled, enter ㅃ, then ㅞ, then ㅆ; the IME assembles them as 쀘.
Latin keyboard
The label “bbwess” is not a Latin keystroke recipe; switch your input method to Korean.
Separated letters
A decomposed sequence or incomplete Hangul shaping can display letters apart; the app and font determine whether they join visually.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쀘
HTML hex
쀘
CSS content
content: "\C018";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%80%98
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

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols