What 귀 means
The whole Korean word settles the sense. The Korean Basic Dictionary lists 귀 for “ear,” “corner,” “handle,” and “hearing”; in 귀신 the syllable is part of the word for “ghost,” while 귀- is a prefix meaning “noble,” “rare,” or “expensive.”
Hangul’s creation is dated to 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum book explained that the script could help people without Chinese-character training write Korean more easily. Earlier systems—Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal—also used Chinese characters to represent Korean. The syllable block 귀 combines initial consonant ㄱ and vowel ㅟ.
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Who writes 귀
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsA syllable fragment; its English sense needs the surrounding word.
Questions people ask
1Why does 귀 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 귀
- Also called
- gwi
- Search it as
- 귀 · 귀 meaning · 귀 in Korean · 귀 뜻 · Korean word for ear
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
귀\ADC0Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.