What 뀖 means
Alone, this block is a syllable rather than a Korean word. Its meaning comes from the word that contains it.
Its Hangul jamo—the individual letters that build the script—are ᄁ (initial double consonant), ᅱ (vowel), and ᆱ (final consonant cluster). Together they form one written syllable.
Why does Hangul use syllable blocks?
Hangul was designed to write Korean with letters fitted to its sounds. Its consonants and vowels combine into syllable blocks like 뀖.
King Sejong's Hangul project is recorded in 1443 and explained in 1446 in Hunminjeongeum, a book introducing the writing system. Before Hangul, Korean was also written with methods such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal, which adapted Chinese characters to Korean.
Who writes 뀖
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Don't confuse it with
1뀖 This is the same syllable written as three decomposed jamo; 뀖 is its precomposed, single-block form.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 뀖 look different in some fonts?
It can. Hangul fonts draw syllable blocks with different shapes and spacing. If a font lacks this block's glyph, the rendering system may show separate jamo or a missing-glyph box; the text character remains 뀖.
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How to type or find 뀖
- Search it as
- 뀖 · ggwilm · Hangul jamo · Korean IME · decomposed Hangul syllable
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
뀖\B016Codes and encoding1 code points
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