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hangul syllable es

Hangul syllable 엣

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The Korean exclamation 엣 is a sharp protest; Japanese えっ can also appear as 엣 in Hangul, the Korean writing system, as a startled “Huh?” The surrounding language tells you which reading fits.

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What 엣 means

A sharp Korean protest.

A Korean grammar guide groups 엣 with 에 and 에끼 as exclamations of anger. Alone as 엣!, it reads as an annoyed protest, not a neutral reply.

What does 엣 mean as Japanese えっ?

Japanese えっ can be written as 엣 in Hangul.

Materials for learning Japanese also render え as 엣; えっ is a startled “Huh?”

A 15th-century Korean text uses 엣 inside an older grammatical form, not as a standalone outburst.

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Who writes 엣

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Questions people ask

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Why does 엣 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 or find 엣

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엣 · 엣! · 엣? · Korean exclamation 엣 · Japanese えっ in Hangul
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C5E3, then AltX to get 엣.
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 es”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c5e3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
엣
CSS
\C5E3
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
엣
HTML hex
엣
CSS content
content: "\C5E3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%97%A3
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols