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뀑

hangul syllable ggwinj

Hangul syllable Ggwinj

뀑 is a Hangul syllable block; its formal name describes its parts rather than translating a word. In Korean text, its role comes from the surrounding words. The block combines a leading consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant cluster.

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What 뀑 means

Read it as a Hangul block; its label names parts, not meaning.

Its formal name describes the sequence ᄁ + ᅱ + ᆬ: a leading consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant cluster. These component letters, called jamo, are the pieces used to build Hangul syllables. The label describes the spelling structure, not a translated word; read the block's role from the surrounding Korean text.

Why was Hangul created?

To make Korean easier to write and learn.

The earliest record of its creation is in the Sejong Sillok, the official chronicle of King Sejong's reign: in 1443 it records 28 letters. A 1446 explanatory book, Hunminjeongeum, set out their purpose and design.

Earlier writers adapted Chinese characters to write Korean through Idu and Hyangchal, which used borrowed characters to spell Korean, and Gugyeol, which used character meanings to guide Korean reading. Hangul appeared in Buddhist books, then Confucian texts; by the late 16th century, printed works also spread practical knowledge and laws. It became Korea's official national writing system in 1894, lost that status under Japanese rule in 1910, and the name Hangeul appears in records from the early 1910s and was widely used by 1928.

How do you type this Hangul block?

Use a Korean input method editor (IME) to combine its letters.

Enter ㄲ, then ㅟ, then the final cluster ㄵ; the IME combines them into the block. The exact keystrokes depend on your Korean keyboard layout.

This is a Korean writing unit: its formal label describes sound components, while context supplies its role.

Sent alone, it has no obvious shared message; read it in Korean context before inferring intent.

Questions people ask

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Why does 뀑 split into jamo?

If text is normalized to NFD, Unicode's decomposed form, the single block is represented by 뀑. Those are its component jamo, not a different syllable.

How to type 뀑

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B011, then Alt+X to get 뀑.
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 ggwinj”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b011, then Enter or Space.
HTML
뀑
CSS
\B011
Korean IME
Enter ㄲ, then ㅟ, then final cluster ㄵ; the input method editor composes them into one block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
뀑
HTML hex
뀑
CSS content
content: "\B011";
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URL encoded
%EB%80%91
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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