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볛

hangul syllable byegs

Hangul Syllable Byegs

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볛 is a Hangul syllable block in Korean writing; read it as part of the Korean word around it. A Korean input method editor (IME) assembles its letters into the block as you type.

Text symbol

What 볛 means

No standalone meaning is established as of 2026-09-13.

The parts of 볛 are ㅂ (initial consonant), ㅖ (vowel), and final ㄳ (the ending consonant cluster called batchim). Together, these basic Hangul letters, or jamo, make one syllable block.

Why was Hangul created?

To make Korean easier to write and learn.

Before 1443, Korean writers used Chinese characters (Hanja) and older methods such as Idu, Hyangchal, and Gugyeol. These systems adapted Chinese characters to represent Korean sounds or grammar, but were hard to master and fit Korean imperfectly.

King Sejong, ruler of Korea's Joseon dynasty, led the creation of Hangul. Records date the new alphabet to 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a book explaining the letters, was completed in 1446. Hanja remained alongside Hangul as official writing shifted toward Hangul in the late 19th century.

Who writes 볛

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Questions people ask

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Why does 볛 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 or find 볛

Search it as
볛 · Hangul · jamo · batchim · Korean IME · Korean 2-set keyboard
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType BCDB, then AltX to get 볛.
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 byegs”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType bcdb, then Enter or Space.
HTML
볛
CSS
\BCDB
Korean 2-set keyboard
With a Korean IME on the 2-set layout, type qPrt: q enters ㅂ, Shift+P enters ㅖ, and rt composes final ㄳ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
볛
HTML hex
볛
CSS content
content: "\BCDB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%B3%9B
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