What 곳 means
A place or spot. It names physical or abstract locations; after a number, 한 곳 means “one place.” 이곳 is “this place,” 그곳 “that place,” and 저곳 “a place over there.”
Hangul, Korea’s writing system, was created in 1443; the 1446 guide 훈민정음 explains its design. The 1447 text 용비어천가 records the word as 곧. A 2004 study records Middle Korean -곳/옷, an older particle (grammar marker) for pointing or emphasis; Middle Korean is an earlier Korean stage.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 곳 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 곳
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType ACF3, then Alt+X to get 곳.
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 gos”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType acf3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
곳CSS
\ACF3Korean keyboard
Choose Korean input, then type ㄱ, ㅗ, ㅅ in order; they form 곳.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
곳
HTML hex
곳
CSS content
content: "\ACF3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%B3%B3
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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.