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꽙

hangul syllable ggwab

Hangul syllable Ggwab

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꽙 is a Korean Hangul syllable block, roughly pronounced “kkwap” (a tense k, “wa,” then a clipped p); by itself it identifies a syllable, while the conversation gives clues about why someone sent it. It combines three Hangul letters, called jamo, in one block.

Text symbol

What 꽙 means

It is a Korean syllable block; the syllable alone does not explain a sender's purpose.

Hangul is the Korean writing system; its letters, called jamo, join into syllable blocks. 꽙 combines ㄲ at the start, ㅘ as its vowel, and ㅂ at the end. “Ggwab” is a romanized label, not a translation; approximate the sound as “kkwap,” with a tense initial k and a final p that stops without an added vowel.

Hangul was devised in 1443, and the explanatory book Hunminjeongeum was published in 1446 to introduce it. Later, Hangul carried Buddhist and Confucian texts, literature, everyday writing, and government records; it became Korea's official national writing system in 1894. These milestones explain the script's history, not a separate message encoded by this syllable.

Neutral as Korean text; an isolated syllable leaves the sender's purpose unclear.

If someone sends only 꽙, read it as Korean text and use the surrounding conversation to understand why.

Who writes 꽙

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How to type or find 꽙

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꽙 meaning · 꽙 typing · ggwab · Korean keyboard · Hangul jamo
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AF59, then AltX to get 꽙.
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 ggwab”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType af59, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꽙
CSS
\AF59
how to type 꽙
With a Korean IME, enter ㄲ, then ㅘ, then ㅂ; the input method combines them into 꽙.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꽙
HTML hex
꽙
CSS content
content: "\AF59";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%BD%99
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

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols