What 븕 means
It is an older Korean syllable tied to “red.”
In 15th-century Korean, during the period called Middle Korean, 븕다 meant “to be red”; its modern descendant is 붉다.
One uncertain etymological proposal connects 븕다 with Middle Korean 블 (“fire, light”) and ᄇᆞᆰ다 (“to be bright”). Hangeul was created under King Sejong in 1443 to write Korean; its consonant and vowel letters combine into syllable blocks, and 븕 is one of them.
What does it mean when someone sends 븕?
Treat it as obscure text, not a normal reaction.
In a historical quotation, the old color-word reading fits. In casual chat, ask whether the sender meant 붉다, is testing Hangul support, or pasted the wrong syllable; 븕 alone does not tell you their tone.
Historical or typographic; opaque in casual chat.
Use 붉다 for modern Korean “red”; 븕 alone reads as old or unclear.
Who writes 븕
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsAn older spelling of 븕다, a word for “to be red” that survives as modern 붉다.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Is 븕 an emoji?
No. 븕 is a Hangul text character whose appearance is drawn by the font.
Why does 븕 show as a box?
The chosen font may lack this syllable and show a missing-glyph box. A font with Hangul coverage may display it.
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How to type or find 븕
- Search it as
- 븕 · 븕다 · pulkta · 붉다 · 붉 · 블 · ㄺ · red
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
븕\BE15Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.