What 뱔 means
Read it as a syllable; context supplies its meaning.
The 2023 Academy of Korean Studies entry records the Hwanghaedo dialect spelling shift: ㅐ in 밸 becomes ㅑ in 뱔. There, 밸 means “intestines”; the spelling is regional.
Sejong Sillok, the royal chronicle, mentions Hangul in 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a guide published in 1446, explains the letters and syllable blocks for writing Korean speech.
Its meaning depends on the Korean word or dialect around it.
Questions people ask
1Why does 뱔 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 뱔
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType BC54, then Alt+X to get 뱔.
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 byal”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType bc54, then Enter or Space.
HTML
뱔CSS
\BC54How to type 뱔
Enable a Korean keyboard and enter ㅂ, ㅑ, then ㄹ; it combines them into one Hangul syllable block. If they stay separate, check that Hangul composition is enabled.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
뱔
HTML hex
뱔
CSS content
content: "\BC54";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B1%94
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.