What 괇 means
Its meaning depends on the Korean word around it. The Hangul syllable components are initial ㄱ, vowel ㅘ, and final cluster ㄼ (batchim, the syllable ending). Together they spell one syllable; the surrounding word supplies its meaning.
Hangul was designed to make writing Korean easier to learn than older methods based on Chinese characters. Before it, systems such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean, but these methods were difficult to learn. Hangul’s design dates to 1443, and its purpose and principles were explained in 1446. Chinese characters remained prominent in official documents for centuries; Hangul became the official national writing system in 1894.
Why is 괇 one block?
Hangul arranges its letters into blocks that represent syllables. A block puts a consonant at the start, a vowel in the center, and sometimes consonants at the end.
괇 is stored as one precomposed character. The same syllable can also be represented by the conjoining jamo ᄀ ᅪ ᆲ; a compatible font and text shaper can display that sequence as one block.
Neutral Korean spelling; the surrounding word gives the syllable its meaning.
Who writes 괇
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Is 괇 an emoji?
No. 괇 is a Korean Hangul text character; read it as a syllable within Korean spelling.
Why does 괇 look like a box?
The font may lack support for this syllable, or the text shaper may not handle its Hangul rendering. Use a font and text system that support Hangul syllable blocks.
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How to type or find 괇
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- gwalb · 괇 · ㄼ · batchim · jamo · dubeolsik · hangul
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
괇\AD07Codes and encoding1 code points
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