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깠

hangul syllable ggass

Hangul Syllable Ggass

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깠 is a past form of the Korean verb 까다, whose meaning depends on the phrase: it can describe peeling or opening a shell, hatching, criticizing, hitting, drinking, or revealing a card. In a message, the noun or object usually supplies the clue, and several figurative senses are colloquial. The catch is that 깠 alone is a Hangul syllable block, not a complete translation.

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What 깠 means

깠 is a past form of 까다, with meaning set by context. The forms 깠다 and 깠어 can mean peeled, opened a shell, hatched, criticized, hit, drank, or revealed a card; the phrase tells you which action. The Korean dictionary marks several figurative senses as colloquial.

The verb 까다 is attested in 1447 in Seokbo sangjeol, a Korean Buddhist text; this dates the verb, not this particular written syllable block.

Why does 깠 form a block?

Hangul arranges consonant and vowel letters into a syllable block. Hangul was completed in 1443 and formally promulgated in 1446 in Hunminjeongeum, a document introducing the script. Korean writing also used Chinese characters; Hangul letters and Chinese characters belong to distinct writing systems.

Hangul syllable blocks appeared in manuscripts, movable metal type, typewriters, and digital input. A font can arrange the same consonant and vowel strokes differently inside 깠; the visual shift does not change the text character.

What does 깠 mean when someone sends it?

Read the whole Korean phrase; the block alone cannot settle the sense. A noun or object often points to the reading: food or a shell toward peeling or opening, eggs toward hatching, a person toward criticism, alcohol toward drinking, and a card toward revealing.

The same clue tells you whether the informal sense fits the relationship. With a person as its object, 깠다 can sound blunt; it is not polished, neutral feedback.

The block is neutral; forms of 까다 can be colloquial or slang, especially for criticizing, drinking, or revealing.

With a person as its object, 깠다 can sound blunt; use a neutral verb in a formal message.

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Who writes 깠

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What it means when someone sends it to you

5 readings

Past “peeled” or “opened the shell.”

Don't confuse it with

3

Combination ideas

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Example: criticized the bosses; blunt and informal.
Example: opened and drank soju; colloquial.
Example: turned over and revealed the card; informal game talk.

Questions people ask

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Is 깠 rude?

It can be. The physical senses are ordinary, but figurative criticism, drinking, and revealing are colloquial; use a more neutral verb in a formal message.

Why can 깠 look different in fonts?

Hangul fonts arrange the same consonant and vowel strokes differently inside a syllable block. The appearance changes, not the text character.

How to type or find 깠

Search it as
깠 · 깠다 · 깠어 · 까다 · kkat · kkatda · kkasseo
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AE60, then AltX to get 깠.
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 ggass”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType ae60, then Enter or Space.
HTML
깠
CSS
\AE60
Standard Korean two-set layout
Press ShiftR for ㄲ, K for ㅏ, then ShiftT for ㅆ; the IME composes 깠.
Jamo sequence
In a Korean IME, enter ㄲ ㅏ ㅆ; if they remain separate, syllable composition may be off.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
깠
HTML hex
깠
CSS content
content: "\AE60";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%B9%A0
1
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

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols