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꾺

hangul syllable ggugg

Hangul syllable Ggugg

꾺 is a Korean syllable block, not a word with a meaning of its own. It spells one sound-bearing part of a Korean word; the surrounding word supplies the meaning. If it arrives alone, ask for the surrounding Korean text.

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꾺 · Hangul · jamo · Dubeolsik · Korean keyboard · IME
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What 꾺 means

One Korean syllable, with no standalone word meaning.

Hangul combines consonants and vowels, called jamo, into a syllable block. Here, ᄁ is the initial consonant, ᅮ the vowel, and ᆩ the final consonant. Together they spell one sound-bearing unit; the Korean word around it gives the meaning.

The first reference to Hangul's creation dates to 1443; Hunminjeongeum, a guide presenting the writing system, was published in 1446. Hangul made Korean speech easier to write than with Chinese characters; Idu, an earlier way to write Korean using those characters, could not represent the language fully.

What is 꾺's Hangul history?

Hangul's names and status changed across periods.

Early records used names such as Jeongeum, Eonmun, and Banjeol. After 1894, Gukmun or Gukseo became common; the name Hangeul is attested from the 1910s, and the public holiday marking Hangul was renamed Hangeulnal in 1928.

Chinese characters and Idu were part of the writing environment Hangul answered. Phags-pa, a separate square-shaped script, is sometimes proposed as an influence on Hangul's design; that remains a hypothesis, not direct ancestry for 꾺.

What if someone sends 꾺 alone?

Ask for the surrounding Korean text.

As of 2026-09-13, 꾺 has no established standalone reaction meaning. If it arrives alone, ask for the surrounding Korean text rather than assigning it a tone.

Beside separate jamo, it may be the same syllable before or after an input or normalization step.

Neutral spelling inside Korean words; unexplained when sent on its own.

Don't treat 꾺 alone as a mood or joke.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Inside a Korean word
Its sound helps spell the word; the full word supplies the meaning.
Sent alone, without Korean text
No standalone reaction meaning is established; ask for the surrounding Korean text.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 꾺 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 꾺

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType AFBA, then Alt+X to get 꾺.
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 ggugg”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType afba, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꾺
CSS
\AFBA
How to type 꾺
In Korean 2-set mode, press Shift+R, N, Shift+R; the IME combines ㄲ + ㅜ + ㄲ into 꾺.
Jamo sequence for 꾺
The 꾺 jamo sequence is 꾺. NFC (Unicode's composed form) joins it into 꾺; fonts may shape either as the same block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꾺
HTML hex
꾺
CSS content
content: "\AFBA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%BE%BA
1
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

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