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궇

hangul syllable guh

Hangul Syllable Guh

궇 is a Hangul block for one Korean syllable; its meaning comes from the word around it.

Text symbol
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궇 meaning · Hangul block 궇 · Hangul keyboard · Hangul jamo
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 궇 means

It contributes a syllable; the word supplies its meaning.

궇 combines three Hangul letters: ㄱ (starting consonant), ㅜ (vowel), and ㅎ (ending consonant). A blank box means the font lacks 궇.

Hangul was devised in 1443 to make Korean writing easier to learn; the explanatory book Hunminjeongeum appeared in 1446. Hangul was used alongside Hanja, Chinese characters used in Korean writing. In 1894, the Joseon government made Hangul its official script. Some scholars propose influence from the Mongolian Phags-pa script; that link remains debated.

Questions people ask

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Why does 궇 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 궇

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType AD87, then Alt+X to get 궇.
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 guh”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType ad87, then Enter or Space.
HTML
궇
CSS
\AD87
Korean keyboard
To type 궇 on a Korean Hangul keyboard, enter ㄱ, then ㅜ, then ㅎ; the input method assembles the block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
궇
HTML hex
궇
CSS content
content: "\AD87";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%B6%87
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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.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols