What 껌 means
Gum.
As a standalone word, 껌 names the chewy sweet.
껌 entered Korean as a loanword connected to English “gum.” Language histories also connect it with Japanese ゴム; the related Korean word 고무 usually means rubber.
In the early twentieth century, Korean 과자 was a broad label for imported modern snacks, including gum; later, individual snack names became distinct. A 5,000-year-old piece of birch tar with tooth marks from Finland shows people chewed sticky materials long before the Korean word existed.
The noun is neutral; noisy chewing can seem rude, especially in class.
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Who writes 껌
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsLiteral: “Got any gum?”
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 껌 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.
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How to type or find 껌
- Also called
- kkeom · kkŏm · kkom
- Search it as
- 껌 뜻 · Korean word for chewing gum · 껌값 · 껌딱지
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
껌\AECCCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.