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껦

hangul syllable ggelp

Hangul Syllable Ggelp

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껦 is one Korean Hangul syllable, with no fixed word meaning by itself. It combines initial ㄲ, vowel ㅔ, and final cluster ㄿ; the surrounding Korean word supplies its meaning and pronunciation. On a Dubeolsik keyboard, type ShiftR, P, F, V. Hangul dates to the 15th century; 1996 dates this block's Unicode encoding, not the script's origin.

Text symbol

What 껦 means

By itself, 껦 has no fixed word meaning.

It is a Hangul syllable block made from initial ㄲ, vowel ㅔ, and final cluster ㄿ. The Korean word around it supplies its lexical meaning.

Korean writing also used Hanja, Chinese characters used in Korean writing, before Hangul. Hangul was created to represent Korean speech through syllable blocks. The earliest record of its original name, Hunminjeongeum, dates to 1443; a guide explaining its design was published in 1446. 껦 is one block in that system, not a separately invented sign.

How do I type 껦?

Use Korean input set to Dubeolsik: ShiftR, P, F, V.

That sequence enters ㄲ ㅔ ㄹ ㅍ; the Korean input method combines ㄹ ㅍ into ㄿ and assembles 껦.

Hangul input builds blocks from jamo letters as you type. If letters stay separate, check that Korean input is active. If 껦 appears as a missing-glyph box, use a font that supports it; fonts can draw different strokes inside the square syllable cell.

How is 껦 pronounced in a word?

Read the whole Korean word; 껦 alone does not fix the sound.

Its final ㄿ is a compound batchim, the two-consonant group at the end of a Hangul syllable. Korean sound rules can change how that ending is pronounced when the next syllable follows, so read it in the full word.

Neutral as Korean text; opaque as an isolated message to readers who do not read Hangul.

A lone 껦 needs Korean word context to decode.

Who writes 껦

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

One syllable in the word; nearby syllables give it lexical meaning.

Don't confuse it with

2

Questions people ask

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Does the final ㄿ always sound the same?

No. It is a two-consonant final cluster, and Korean pronunciation rules can make its spoken sound depend on the following syllable.

How to type or find 껦

Search it as
껦 · ㄿ · Dubeolsik · Korean keyboard · Hangul input · batchim
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AEE6, then AltX to get 껦.
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 ggelp”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType aee6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
껦
CSS
\AEE6
Dubeolsik
Switch to Korean input and type ShiftR, P, F, V: ㄲ ㅔ ㄹ ㅍ becomes 껦.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
껦
HTML hex
껦
CSS content
content: "\AEE6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%BB%A6
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