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꾹

hangul syllable ggug

Hangul syllable Ggug

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꾹 is a Korean adverb that adds firmness or restraint to an action. In Korean social posts, 좋아요 꾹! can be a short request to press Like (as of 2026). The verb after it gives the specific sense.

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What 꾹 means

The verb supplies the action. 꾹 adds force or restraint to what follows, so read it together with that verb.

What if someone sends 꾹 alone?

It has no fixed reaction meaning by itself. If a message contains only 꾹, use the surrounding Korean to infer the unstated action.

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Who writes 꾹

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

Press firmly or push down with force.

Worth knowing

  • Hangul was created in 1443 to make Korean writing easier; an explanatory book followed in 1446. Later, the script appeared in religious, practical, and personal writing.

Questions people ask

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Why does 꾹 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.

How to type or find 꾹

Search it as
꾹 · kkuk · ggug · 꾹 누르다 · 꾹 참다 · firmly · tightly · press firmly
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AFB9, then AltX to get 꾹.
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 ggug”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType afb9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꾹
CSS
\AFB9
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꾹
HTML hex
꾹
CSS content
content: "\AFB9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%BE%B9
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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