What 끆 means
It is one Korean syllable; its word or sentence supplies the meaning.
끆 combines the initial consonant ᄁ, the vowel ᅳ, and the final consonant ᆩ. It represents a syllable inside Korean text, not a complete word by itself. As of 2026, no established standalone chat reading is supported for this exact block; if it arrives alone, ask what the sender means.
Hangul was introduced to write the language spoken in Joseon, whose founding explanation distinguished it from Chinese. Hunminjeongeum, the document introducing the alphabet, has a first recorded mention dated 1443; its explanatory book appeared in 1446. Earlier Korean writing used Chinese characters and systems adapted to Korean; Hangul later became widely used for Korean writing.
How did Hangul become a syllable block?
The block groups the parts of one spoken syllable.
Modern Hangul spelling groups an initial consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant into one syllable block. Unicode can store the same spelling as one precomposed block or as jamo, the individual Hangul letters; software that normalizes Unicode can recompose 끆 as 끆.
Phags-pa was a square script used in Goryeo, the Korean kingdom before Joseon, and created during 1265–1269. It may have influenced Hangul's design; that possible connection does not establish that Hangul was copied from it.
Neutral within Korean text; without context, it reads as an unexplained syllable.
Alone, it may look accidental; ask before treating it as a reaction.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsDon't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
2Is 끆 an emoji?
No. As of 2026, it is a Hangul text character rather than a standard emoji; its shape depends on the font and text system.
Why does 끆 show as separate jamo?
The editor is showing the three Hangul letters 끆 separately instead of as the precomposed block; Unicode normalization can combine them into 끆.
How to type 끆
끆\B046Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
