What 벤 means
It can form part of a word or a verb form.
Hangul was devised under King Sejong in 1443 and promulgated in 1446 to make Korean easier to write. Each block joins a starting consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant; 벤 uses ᄇ, ᅦ, and ᆫ.
Neutral alone; its role depends on the Korean word.
For a smell or habit that has seeped in, write 밴.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIn 벤치
A bench; in sports, the coach’s and reserves’ seating.
In 벤 나무
A tree someone cut; from 베다 (“to cut”).
Singer Ben
Stage name of Korean singer Lee Eun-young.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 벤 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 벤
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BCA4, then Alt+X to get 벤.
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 ben”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bca4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
벤CSS
\BCA4Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
벤
HTML hex
벤
CSS content
content: "\BCA4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B2%A4
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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.