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꾬

hangul syllable ggyom

Hangul syllable Ggyom

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꾬 is a Korean Hangul syllable block built from ㄲ, ㅛ and ㅁ; by itself, it has no fixed English translation. Its letters mark the start, vowel and end of the syllable, while the surrounding Korean word supplies meaning. If someone sends it alone, treat it as a syllable sample or ask what word they meant.

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What 꾬 means

It is one syllable; a Korean word supplies its meaning. Hangul letters, called jamo, combine into syllable blocks. In 꾬, ㄲ is a tense k sound, ㅛ is the “yo” vowel, and ㅁ closes the syllable with m. These parts tell you how the block is built and read; they do not translate it into English.

Hangul was developed under King Sejong to write Korean. A record from 1443 reports the creation of 28 letters; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum is a book explaining the letters and how they form syllables. These dates describe Hangul’s history, not the origin date of this individual block.

What does 꾬 mean when someone sends it?

A lone 꾬 gives you a syllable, not its intended word. The block does not identify which Korean word or purpose the sender had in mind. Read the surrounding text, or ask whether they meant to show the syllable or typed it by mistake.

A font draws the glyph, so its strokes can vary across fonts. If a font lacks the glyph, the device may substitute a fallback or show a missing-glyph box; the underlying character stays the same.

Language-focused; it signals a Hangul syllable or text sample, not a particular mood.

Alone, it can look like a typo; ask whether the sender meant a syllable sample.

Who writes 꾬

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

Use the whole word to determine what the syllable contributes.

Questions people ask

1

Will every font display 꾬?

No. A font without this Hangul glyph may use a fallback or show a missing-glyph box.

How to type or find 꾬

Search it as
꾬 · ggyom · kkyom · Hangul syllable · Korean keyboard · jamo · Dubeolsik
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType AFAC, then AltX to get 꾬.
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 ggyom”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType afac, then Enter or Space.
HTML
꾬
CSS
\AFAC
Korean Dubeolsik keyboard
With Korean input active, press ShiftR, Y, then A in Dubeolsik; the IME combines ㄲ ㅛ ㅁ into 꾬.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
꾬
HTML hex
꾬
CSS content
content: "\AFAC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%BE%AC
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