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붎

hangul syllable bulp

Hangul syllable Bulp

붎 is one Hangul syllable block, made from initial ㅂ, vowel ㅜ, and final cluster ㄿ. By itself it gives you a syllable, not enough context to identify a word; the surrounding Korean word supplies the meaning. On the standard Dubeolsik keyboard, type q n f v.

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What 붎 means

It is one Korean syllable; the surrounding word supplies its meaning. Hangul builds each syllable from letters called jamo: ㅂ starts 붎, ㅜ is its vowel, and ㄿ is its two-consonant final cluster. The block shows the syllable, while a Korean word or sentence gives it meaning.

When was Hangul created?

Hangul's creation is recorded in 1443. The royal chronicle Sejong Sillok records the script's creation; the book Hunminjeongeum, published in 1446, explains its sounds and rules. Hangul was designed to let people write Korean directly and learn the system more easily. Before Hangul, Korean writers adapted Chinese characters in systems such as Idu, Hyangchal, and Gugyeol to record Korean; these are earlier Korean writing methods, not ancestors of Hangul's letter shapes.

Early Hangul texts included Buddhist scriptures and Confucian works; later, the script also carried practical information and everyday letters. Hangul became Korea's official national writing system in 1894, then lost that status under Japanese rule beginning in 1910.

How do I type 붎 on a Korean keyboard?

On the standard Dubeolsik layout, type q, n, f, then v. With Korean input active, q forms ㅂ, n forms ㅜ, and f followed by v makes the final ㄿ cluster. The input method joins them into 붎.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
붎 sent alone
One Hangul syllable; the surrounding Korean word or sentence is needed to know its meaning.
붎 inside a Korean word
Read it as one syllable within the word; the whole word supplies the meaning.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why can 붎 fail an exact text match?

The two strings can use different encodings. Unicode can store 붎 as one precomposed block or as separate jamo that display together. If you control the comparison, normalize both strings to NFC, Unicode's composed form.

How to type 붎

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BD8E, then Alt+X to get 붎.
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 bulp”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bd8e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
붎
CSS
\BD8E
Dubeolsik keyboard
With Korean input active, type q n f v: q forms ㅂ, n forms ㅜ, and f then v forms final ㄿ. The input method assembles the block.
Korean IME
Enter ㅂ, then ㅜ, then the final cluster ㄿ; the Korean input method assembles one block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
붎
HTML hex
붎
CSS content
content: "\BD8E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B6%8E
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On screen
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Code points
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols