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hangul syllable eong

Hangul Syllable Eong

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By itself, 엉 is a slangy yeah — a very casual “yeah” or “okay” in Korean chat, close to 응. Doubled as 엉엉 it flips to a wail for crying or whining. Hangul itself was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 as an easier way to write Korean.

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What 엉 means

Read it as an informal yes.

It is a slangy spelling related to 응, used between close peers rather than to someone owed polite speech. Take it as friendly bluntness, not a formal answer.

Doubled as 엉엉 it stops being a reply and becomes a wail — the written sound of bursting into tears or dramatic complaining.

Casual slang for friends, not formal settings.

Never use it as a polite yes.

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Who writes 엉

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

Friendly casual agreement.

Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

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Loud sobbing or exaggerated whining.

How to type or find 엉

Search it as
엉 · 응 · 엉엉 · eong · yeah · okay · crying · sobbing
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C5C9, then AltX to get 엉.
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 eong”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c5c9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
엉
CSS
\C5C9
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
엉
HTML hex
엉
CSS content
content: "\C5C9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%97%89
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On screen
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes

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Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols