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hangul syllable dwel

Hangul syllable Dwel

뒐 is one Korean Hangul syllable, romanized as “dwel”; it has no single English translation by itself. The surrounding Korean word supplies its meaning, and a Korean input method assembles it from a leading consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant.

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What 뒐 means

It is one Korean syllable block; context supplies the word meaning.

뒐 is one Korean syllable, romanized as “dwel”; the complete Korean word supplies its meaning. Unicode decomposes it into ᄃ + ᅰ + ᆯ: a leading consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant. If someone sends only this syllable, there may not be enough context to identify the intended word.

The earliest documented evidence of Hangul’s creation dates to late 1443. A guide called Hunminjeongeum, issued in 1446, explained the new script’s purpose and principles. Hangul gave Korean readers a more accessible way to write their language when written records relied heavily on Chinese characters and Korean methods that adapted them, including Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal. In 1894, the Korean government designated Hangul the official national writing system after official documents had long relied mainly on Chinese-character writing. As of 2026, Hanja, Chinese characters, can still appear alongside Hangul in South Korea.

How do I type 뒐?

Use a Korean input method to assemble the syllable’s three parts.

A Korean input method (IME) combines a leading consonant, vowel, and final consonant into one Hangul block. For 뒐, those parts are ᄃ + ᅰ + ᆯ.

On Windows, add Microsoft Korean IME as a keyboard layout; Windows key + Space switches layouts. As of 2026, Windows supports this setup and shortcut. Unicode can store 뒐 as a precomposed block or the canonically equivalent sequence 뒐. A Hangul-aware renderer can show that sequence as one syllable cell, and fonts may arrange its components differently.

Neutral in Korean writing; alone, it leaves the intended word-level meaning unclear.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Inside a longer Korean word
Read the complete word; 뒐 contributes one syllable, not a word-level meaning by itself.
Someone sent me 뒐 alone
Without a surrounding word or sentence, the intended word-level reading may be unclear.

Questions people ask

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Why does 뒐 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 뒐

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B490, then Alt+X to get 뒐.
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 dwel”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b490, then Enter or Space.
HTML
뒐
CSS
\B490
Korean input method
Switch to Korean input and enter the syllable’s leading consonant, vowel, and final consonant; the input method assembles one block.
Windows
Add Microsoft Korean IME as a keyboard layout; press Windows key + Space to switch layouts, then enter the syllable’s parts.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
뒐
HTML hex
뒐
CSS content
content: "\B490";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%92%90
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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