What 붕 means
It names a sound or motion, not one fixed object.
A 1990 National Institute listing glosses 붕 as bursts like horns, wingbeats, and escaping air; as of 2026 no earlier first attestation is established. Hangul itself was created in 1443 and promulgated in 1446 to write Korean more easily than with Chinese characters.
Doubled 붕붕 stretches that burst into repeated buzzing, honking, or floating.
Sound-symbolic and context-heavy; the surrounding Korean word matters more than the single block.
Do not send 붕 alone expecting one fixed English translation.
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Who writes 붕
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Combination ideas
1Repeated buzz, honk, air escape, or floating.
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How to type or find 붕
- Also called
- bung · boong
- Search it as
- 붕붕 · buzz · honk · float
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
붕CSS
\BD95Korean IME
Type ㅂ, ㅜ, then ㅇ; the IME composes them into 붕.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
붕
HTML hex
붕
CSS content
content: "\BD95";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B6%95
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.