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붱

hangul syllable bweong

Hangul syllable Bweong

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As of 2026, 붱 has no standard standalone meaning in Korean; it appears within words. In 붱철, it joins playful wordplay based on 부엉이 (“owl”).

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What 붱 means

Its meaning comes from the complete Korean word around it.

Hangul’s letters were created in 1443 and published in 1446 to write Korean. 붱 combines ㅂ, ㅞ and ㅇ into one syllable block; its history follows the Hangul system.

In a 2022 interview, the creators of 붱철 said the name playfully shortens 부엉이, the Korean word for “owl.”

Who writes 붱

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Questions people ask

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Can 붱 mean owl?

Only as wordplay. In a 2022 interview, the creators of 붱철 said the name shortens 부엉이, the Korean word for “owl.”

How to type or find 붱

Search it as
붱 · 붱 meaning · 붱철 · 부엉이 · owl wordplay
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType BDB1, then AltX to get 붱.
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 bweong”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType bdb1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
붱
CSS
\BDB1
Korean 2-set keyboard
How to type 붱: switch to Korean input and press q-n-p-d. On the 2-set layout, q gives ㅂ, np make ㅞ, and d gives ㅇ; intermediate letters may show during composition.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
붱
HTML hex
붱
CSS content
content: "\BDB1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B6%B1
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.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols