What 궺 means
It is a Hangul syllable whose word-level meaning comes from context. Unicode decomposes 궺 as 궤 ᆽ. Its three jamo, the basic Hangul letters, are initial ㄱ, vowel ㅞ, and final ㅈ.
Hangul was created for Korean and published in 1446 to broaden access to writing beyond people trained in Classical Chinese. Its letters combine into syllable blocks, so 궺 follows a regular pattern rather than being an individually invented sign.
Hangul later spread through letters, Buddhist books, and novels; after the Gabo Reform, a period of government reforms in Korea, it also entered official documents. Unicode represents regular modern Hangul combinations as blocks and names them from their component jamo.
What does 궺 mean when someone sends it?
A lone 궺 is text without enough context to decode a message. It is a Hangul syllable, but the surrounding word or phrase is missing. Ask what it belongs to before reading it as a reply.
How do I type 궺?
Enter ㄱ, ㅜ, ㅔ, then ㅈ in a Korean IME. The input software combines them into 궺; ㅜ ㅔ forms the vowel ㅞ.
The sequence 궺 writes the same syllable with three conjoining jamo: Hangul letters that join into a block.
Neutral inside Korean writing; on its own, it leaves the intended word unclear.
A lone 궺 needs its surrounding word; ask for context.
Who writes 궺
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsTreat it as literal Hangul text; ask which word or phrase it belongs to.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why can 궺 look different in another font?
Hangul fonts can draw and position the components with different proportions, so the outline may change while the underlying jamo sequence stays the same.
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How to type or find 궺
- Search it as
- 궺 · gwej · Hangul gwej · Korean syllable gwej
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
궺\ADBACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.