What 붴 means
붴 is the shortened one-syllable form of 부엌, the Korean word for “kitchen.” A Korean IME can compose it from initial ㅂ, vowel ㅝ and final ㅋ.
Hangul’s broader system was documented in the 15th century. Hunminjeongeum, a guide to its letters and rules, dates to 1446. A 1989 National Institute of Korean Language article lists 붴 among syllables needed for Korean spelling and identifies it as a shortening of 부엌.
In 2004, the same institute used 부엌→붴 to explain vowel contraction: the vowel sequence in the full word compresses into one syllable in the shortened form.
is 붴 an emoji?
No. As of 2026, 붴 is Korean text, not an emoji. It is a syllable block: consonant and vowel letters sit together in a square writing unit.
Hangul groups letters that represent Korean sounds inside each block; the square layout is how a syllable is written, not a picture.
how do I type 붴?
Use a Korean IME: type ㅂ, then ㅝ, then final ㅋ.
The input method combines an initial consonant, a vowel and a final consonant into the syllable block.
A Korean lexical shortening that needs context outside Korean; use the full word when the audience may not know it.
Use 부엌 when readers may not know the shortening.
Combination ideas
1Questions people ask
1Why does 붴 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 붴
붴\BDB4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.