What 똅 means
It is one written syllable; context tells you its role.
Hangul groups letters into syllable blocks; one block can be a short word or part of a longer one. Hangul was announced in 1443; an explanatory book followed in 1446. It let people write Korean directly. Earlier workarounds used Chinese characters: Hyangchal for poetry, Idu for Korean words, and Gugyeol to guide Korean reading of Classical Chinese.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsAlone in a message
One syllable without the word or sentence around it.
Inside a Korean word
One syllable in the word; read the whole word.
Questions people ask
1Why does 똅 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 똅
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B605, then Alt+X to get 똅.
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 ddyeb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b605, then Enter or Space.
HTML
똅CSS
\B605Korean IME
A Korean input method editor (IME) combines jamo as you type. Hangul fonts can vary in spacing and proportions without changing the character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
똅
HTML hex
똅
CSS content
content: "\B605";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%98%85
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.