What 꺏 means
꺏 is a Hangul syllable; by itself, it gives too little context to decode. It combines the Hangul letter parts, called jamo, ㄲ, ㅑ and ㄼ into one block. “Ggyalb” labels that combination; it is not a translation. In Korean text, read it within the word or sentence around it.
On a two-set Dubeolsik keyboard, ShiftR, I, F, Q enters those parts in order; the input method joins them into 꺏. The final cluster comes from F (ㄹ) followed by Q (ㅂ).
Hangul's creation notice is dated 1443; the Hunminjeongeum, a book explaining its letters, appeared in 1446. Earlier systems called Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean. That is the writing system's broader history; 꺏 is one block in its composable syllable inventory.
Why does 꺏 look different across fonts?
The text stays the same; fonts control how its components are drawn.
Hangul syllables can be stored as one precomposed character or as a sequence of conjoining jamo. Fonts place the parts in a square syllable cell, so their size and position can vary. If no active or fallback font has this syllable, an app may show a missing-character box.
Who writes 꺏
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2Questions people ask
1Why does 꺏 show as a square in my app?
Usually, it is a font-coverage problem. The text still contains 꺏, but the active font and its fallbacks lack a matching Hangul glyph; switch to a font that supports this syllable.
How to type or find 꺏
- Search it as
- ggyalb · jamo · Dubeolsik · Korean keyboard · IME · Hangul typing
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
꺏\AE8FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.






