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갋

hangul syllable galb

Hangul syllable galb

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갋 is a Korean Hangul syllable block with initial ㄱ, vowel ㅏ, and compound final ㄼ . It has no fixed meaning by itself; “galb” names its construction, while a Korean word supplies the meaning. On standard Korean 2-beolsik input, r k f q builds it, and the written final's pronunciation depends on the word and what follows.

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What 갋 means

No; 갋 has no fixed meaning outside a Korean word.

It is a Hangul syllable block made from an initial ㄱ, vowel ㅏ, and compound final ㄼ, itself written with ㄹㅂ. A jamo is one Korean letter; Hangul arranges letters into a syllable block. The label “galb” describes that construction; it is not a translation. Compare 갈, with final ㄹ, and 갉, with final ㄺ.

Hangul was devised so Korean could be written without requiring Chinese-character literacy. Its earliest historical record appears at the end of 1443; an explanatory work in 1446 set out its principles. It became Korea's official national writing system in 1894. A study of Korean textbooks from the Enlightenment period reports that ㄺ and ㄼ were the only double finals consistently kept as clusters, while other clusters were simplified or written separately.

How do I type 갋?

With Korean input enabled, type r k f q on standard 2-beolsik.

Those keystrokes enter ㄱ, ㅏ, ㄹ, and ㅂ in sequence; a Korean IME combines ㄹㅂ into final ㄼ, then composes 갋. These Latin letters name key positions on that layout; they are not a romanized spelling of the character.

Other Korean layouts or romanization-based input methods use different keystrokes.

Why can the final ㄹㅂ sound change?

The block's final letters do not fix its pronunciation.

In Korean, ㄼ is a written compound final whose sound depends on the word and what follows. A 2013 study of Seoul/Gyeonggi university students found that speakers commonly realized ㄼ as the sound associated with ㄹ in the tested contexts; the following syllable and word-specific exceptions still matter.

Read 갋 as part of the full Korean word. The isolated syllable block does not settle how its final is pronounced.

Neutral Korean spelling; the word containing 갋 supplies its meaning and pronunciation.

“galb” is a construction label, not a translation.

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Questions people ask

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Can another font change what 갋 looks like?

Yes. Fonts can change the shape, placement, and size of the jamo inside a Hangul block, but the character's identity stays the same. If a small glyph is unclear, check its text or jamo decomposition.

What does ㄹㅂ sound like here?

It depends. Korean pronunciation rules can make ㄼ sound like one component or change it according to the word and following syllable; it is not automatically two separate sounds. The isolated block does not give enough context.

How to type or find 갋

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갋 · galb · ㄹㅂ · ㄼ · 겹받침 · 받침 · 두벌식 · jamo
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AC0B, then AltX to get 갋.
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 galb”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType ac0b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
갋
CSS
\AC0B
how to type 갋
With Korean input enabled on standard 2-beolsik, type r k f q; it composes 갋 from ㄱㅏㄹㅂ.
Compose from jamo
Enter ㄱ, ㅏ, ㄹ, then ㅂ; a Korean IME should combine the final pair into ㄼ.
Other Korean layouts
Use the Korean input method for that layout; standard 2-beolsik keystrokes do not transfer.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
갋
HTML hex
갋
CSS content
content: "\AC0B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%B0%8B
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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.

Families this belongs to

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