What 돼 means
It is a form of 되다; the sentence sets the reading.
In polite speech, 돼요 contracts 되어요; 되요 is incorrect.
Hangul’s creation was first recorded in 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum is a guide to writing Korean speech. Those dates describe Hangul, not this contraction. A 2010 study argues 돼’s spelling history is more complex than simply shortening 되어.
Standard spelling; grammar sets the reading.
Write 되다, not 돼다.
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readings한 시간이면 돼
One hour is enough.
먹어도 돼?
Permission: “May I eat?”
안 돼
“No” or “not allowed.”
의사가 돼
Become a doctor.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 돼 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 돼
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B3FC, then Alt+X to get 돼.
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 dwae”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b3fc, then Enter or Space.
HTML
돼CSS
\B3FCCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
돼
HTML hex
돼
CSS content
content: "\B3FC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8F%BC
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.