What 낄 means
Alone, 낄 has no fixed standalone meaning. Say it roughly “kkil”: ㄲ, ㅣ, and ㄹ are sound parts, not a definition.
Hangul’s creation in 1443 and explanation in 1446 aimed to represent Korean speech; each block combines jamo letters. A 2017 analysis records 낄끼빠빠 as a syllabic acronym. As of 2026, no separate history for isolated 낄 is established here.
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Who writes 낄
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsUsually a fragment; read the surrounding Korean.
Don't confuse it with
2
Combination ideas
2Stifled giggling.
Clips “join when appropriate, leave when not.”
Questions people ask
1Is 낄 an emoji?
No. It is a Hangul text syllable drawn by a font, not vendor emoji artwork.
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How to type or find 낄
- Also called
- kkil
- Search it as
- ggil · 낄낄 · 낄끼 · 낄끼빠빠
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
낄CSS
\B084Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
낄
HTML hex
낄
CSS content
content: "\B084";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%82%84
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.