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꺏

hangul syllable ggyalb

Hangul syllable Ggyalb

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꺏 is a Hangul syllable block made from ㄲ, ㅑ and ㄼ. In Korean writing it belongs inside a word; on its own, it gives too little context to decode as a message. One practical wrinkle: on a two-set Korean keyboard, the final cluster ㄼ is entered as ㄹ and then ㅂ.

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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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Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why 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

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ggyalb · jamo · Dubeolsik · Korean keyboard · IME · Hangul typing
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AE8F, then AltX to get 꺏.
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 ggyalb”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType ae8f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꺏
CSS
\AE8F
2-set Korean IME
On Dubeolsik, enter ShiftR, I, F, Q: ㄲ ㅑ ㄹ ㅂ. The input method combines the last two consonants into ㄼ.
Jamo sequence
In an input method that accepts conjoining jamo, enter ᄁ, ᅣ, ᆲ in that order. This sequence represents the same syllable as 꺏.
Direct insertion
In code or a Unicode input tool, insert UAE8F directly.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꺏
HTML hex
꺏
CSS content
content: "\AE8F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%BA%8F
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