fsymbols
Loading symbols…
››
꿠

hangul syllable ggweols

Hangul syllable Ggweols

993/11172

꿠 is one Hangul syllable block built from ㄲ, ㅝ, and final cluster ㄽ; the surrounding Korean word supplies its meaning. The final cluster ㄽ (batchim) changes sound before a vowel-starting ending. A Korean keyboard’s 2-set input layout builds the block from separate keystrokes.

Text symbol

What 꿠 means

It is one Korean syllable, not a word definition.

Hangul letters, called jamo, are grouped into a square block for each syllable. 꿠 has initial consonant ㄲ, vowel ㅝ, and final two-consonant cluster ㄽ, called batchim. “Ggweols” is Unicode’s construction label, not Korean vocabulary or a pronunciation guide; surrounding syllables supply its meaning in a word.

King Sejong created the script, first called Hunminjeongeum, in 1443; a book of that name explained its purpose and principles in 1446. Before Hangul, Korean was written with Chinese characters and adapted systems such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal. Official documents remained chiefly Chinese-character-based until Hangul became the national writing system in 1894.

How do I type 꿠 on a Korean keyboard?

Use a Korean 2-set input layout.

With standard Dubeolsik (2-set) input active, enter ShiftR, N, J, F, T. These keys produce ㄲ, ㅜ, ㅓ, ㄹ, ㅅ; the input method combines ㅜㅓ into ㅝ and ㄹㅅ into ㄽ, then forms 꿠. The Latin key labels are key positions, not a romanized spelling.

Why can 꿠 appear as separate jamo?

Unicode permits a block or an equivalent jamo sequence.

Normalization may turn the precomposed block into 꿠, three conjoining Hangul letters that represent the same syllable. Text tools may expose those components instead of one block; the syllable itself has not changed.

ㄽ is a two-consonant batchim, a syllable-final cluster; ㄹ is l-like here and ㅅ is s-like. At a word’s end or before a consonant, ㄽ is pronounced ㄹ. Before a vowel-starting Korean particle or ending, ㄹ stays here and ㅅ moves to the next syllable, pronounced as tense ㅆ, an intensified s sound.

A Korean text syllable whose final-cluster sound depends on its place in the word.

Alone, it identifies a syllable but gives no clear message beyond that.

Who writes 꿠

Loading…

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

It contributes one syllable; the whole word supplies its lexical meaning.

Don't confuse it with

2

Questions people ask

2

Why does 꿠 render as separate jamo?

Because normalization can represent a Hangul syllable as conjoining jamo instead of one precomposed block. Here 꿠 is an equivalent sequence for 꿠; the underlying syllable is the same.

Is 꿠 Old Hangul?

No. 꿠 belongs to the modern precomposed Hangul syllable set. Many older Korean syllables without a precomposed character are represented with sequences of conjoining jamo.

How to type or find 꿠

Search it as
Korean keyboard · Hangul input · Dubeolsik keyboard · Hangul jamo · ㄽ batchim · Korean final cluster · Hangul decomposition · 꿠 vs 꿝
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AFE0, then AltX to get 꿠.
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 ggweols”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType afe0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꿠
CSS
\AFE0
Korean 2-set input (Dubeolsik)
With 2-set Korean input active, press ShiftR, then N, J, F, T; the input method combines those keys into 꿠.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꿠
HTML hex
꿠
CSS content
content: "\AFE0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%BF%A0
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