What 끈 means
It means “string,” “cord,” or “strap.”
Hangul, Korea’s alphabet, was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 to write Korean distinctly from Chinese characters. The noun 끈 is recorded in 1489 as Middle Korean 긶, so its meaning comes from the word, not the block’s shape.
As of 2026, reviewed sources show no separate emoji-style reading for lone 끈. It combines ㄲ plus ㅡ plus ㄴ; copy it from the palette above.
Neutral Korean noun; alone, it reads as plain text.
A lone 끈 is opaque to non-Korean readers.
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Who writes 끈
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1Why does 끈 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 끈
- Search it as
- kkeun · string · cord · strap · shoelace
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
끈\B048Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.