What 닭 means
It means “chicken” or “hen.”
Use it for the animal or food. The writing-system trail begins with Hangeul's 1443 creation and 1446 explanation, made so Korean could be written and learned easily. 닭 is a spelling, not a picture of the bird.
Alone, 닭 is [닥]; before a vowel, 닭이 is [달기]; before a consonant, 닭도 is [닥또]. Final ㄺ links ㄹ and ㄱ in Hangul's compound-final system.
Don't confuse it with
1닭 vs 닥
닭 is the noun spelling; 닥 is a different spelling, even though 닭 is [닥] alone.
Combination ideas
1As of 2026, a dictionary records this proverb for failed pursuit.
Questions people ask
1Why does 닭 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 닭
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B2ED, then Alt+X to get 닭.
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 dalg”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b2ed, then Enter or Space.
HTML
닭CSS
\B2EDCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
닭
HTML hex
닭
CSS content
content: "\B2ED";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8B%AD
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.