What 겇 means
It referred to a surface or skin in Middle Korean.
A 1459 Korean book called Worin seokbo records this spelling. Modern Korean uses 겉 for “surface” or “the outside,” preserving a close meaning in a changed form.
Hangul was created in 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum guide explained its design. The script was meant to make Korean easier to write than relying on Chinese characters alone. Hangul groups each syllable’s letters into a block; 겇 has an initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant.
A historical Korean spelling, mainly useful when reading Middle Korean or reproducing an older form.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 겇 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 겇
겇\AC87Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.