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븖

hangul syllable beulm

Hangul syllable 븖

븖 is a Korean Hangul syllable block; on its own, it does not express a complete word or message. It is built from initial ㅂ, vowel ㅡ, and final cluster ㄻ. A Korean Dubeolsik input method builds it with q, m, f, a.

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What 븖 means

It has no fixed word or conversational meaning on its own.

븖 is one Hangul syllable block, built from initial consonant ㅂ, vowel ㅡ, and final consonant cluster ㄻ. These parts are Jamo, the letters that combine to write Hangul syllables. In a Korean Dubeolsik input method, q, m, f, a builds the block; those letters name keys, not a pronunciation.

Hangul was developed for writing Korean, with its development completed in 1443; the explanatory manuscript was published in 1446. Those dates mark the writing system, not the first appearance of this exact syllable.

Why is 븖 showing as separate Jamo?

The same syllable can be stored as one block or as Jamo.

The block 븖 and the sequence 븖 are canonically equivalent. In that sequence, ᄇ is the initial consonant, ᅳ the vowel, and ᆱ the final cluster.

Text normalization standardizes equivalent character sequences: NFC composes the Jamo into 븖, while NFD exposes them. A renderer without support for conjoining Jamo may show the components separately or out of alignment; that changes the display, not the syllable.

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Will the decomposed sequence mean something different?

No. The sequence 븖 is canonically equivalent to 븖 and represents the same Hangul syllable. Software that compares raw character codes may need normalization to treat both sequences as equal.

How to type 븖

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BE16, then Alt+X to get 븖.
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 beulm”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType be16, then Enter or Space.
HTML
븖
CSS
\BE16
how to type 븖
In a Korean Dubeolsik IME, switch to Hangul and press q, m, f, a. The IME composes ㅂ + ㅡ + ㄻ as 븖.
Jamo sequence
For software handling, use 븖: the initial, vowel, and final Jamo separately. NFC composes them as 븖; NFD exposes the parts.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
븖
HTML hex
븖
CSS content
content: "\BE16";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B8%96
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On screen
1
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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