What 괄 means
It has no meaning on its own.
Read 괄 as gwal and translate the whole word, not the syllable. In 괄호 it writes the 括 of 括弧, parentheses; in 포괄 it helps mean inclusion; in 괄시 it helps mean disdain. Same sound, different Chinese-character roots.
Hangul, the Korean alphabet, was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 to write Korean clearly. Like other blocks, 괄 packs an initial, a vowel and a final into one square.
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Who writes 괄
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Questions people ask
1Why does 괄 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.
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How to type or find 괄
- Search it as
- gwal · 괄 · 괄호 · gwalho · 괄시 · 포괄 · 일괄 · 괄약근
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
괄CSS
\AD04Dubeolsik / 두벌식
Type r h k f: ㄱ ㅗ ㅏ ㄹ; the IME joins ㅗㅏ into ㅘ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
괄
HTML hex
괄
CSS content
content: "\AD04";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%B4%84
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.