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 readingsPast “peeled” or “opened the shell.”
Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
3Questions people ask
2Is 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
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
깠\AE60Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.


