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됬

hangul syllable doess

Korean syllable 됬

됬 is usually a misspelling of 됐, not a separate Korean word. The standard contraction of 되었다 is 됐다; the sentence tells you whether it means “became” or “was.”

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What 됬 means

No. In 됬다, the standard spelling is 됐다, a contraction of 되었다 (“became” or “was,” depending on the sentence).

Both are valid Hangul syllable blocks: 됬 has ㅚ, while 됐 has ㅙ. That one-vowel difference makes the typo easy to miss when typing; careful Korean uses 됐다.

What history belongs to 됬 itself?

Its history is part of Hangul’s, not a separate symbol story.

Hangul was created in 1443 and introduced in Hunminjeongeum in 1446, a text explaining the writing system for Korean. It gave Korean speakers a way to write their language without relying only on Chinese characters.

Hangul later served Buddhist, Confucian, royal, domestic, and official writing. Hunminjeongeum is also discussed in connection with the Phags-pa script, another writing system; this is a link at the script level, not a special history for this one syllable.

In careful Korean, this spelling is nonstandard.

Use 됐 in formal or unfamiliar Korean.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 됬 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 됬

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B42C, then Alt+X to get 됬.
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 doess”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b42c, then Enter or Space.
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됬
CSS
\B42C
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됬
HTML hex
됬
CSS content
content: "\B42C";
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URL encoded
%EB%90%AC
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Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols