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귊

hangul syllable gwilm

Hangul Syllable Gwilm

귊 is a Hangul syllable block: it groups Korean letters into one syllable but does not give a complete word meaning on its own. A Korean 2-set keyboard builds it from jamo, the letters that make up Hangul syllables. Hangul was created centuries before this block entered Unicode.

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What 귊 means

귊 represents one Korean syllable, not a standalone word.

Hangul is Korea's alphabet: its letters, called jamo, combine into syllable blocks. 귊 decomposes into ᄀ + ᅱ + ᆱ: an initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant cluster. That describes the block's structure, not a dictionary meaning for it alone. On a Korean 2-set keyboard, the keys rnlfa assemble the same letters.

Why was Hangul created?

Hangul was designed to write Korean speech and widen access to reading.

Before Hangul, writers used Chinese characters and adapted methods such as Idu (이두), Gugyeol (구결), and Hyangchal (향찰) to write Korean; these methods were difficult for many people. Hangul instead combines a small set of letters by rules. The announcement of Hunminjeongeum (훈민정음) came in 1443, and a book explaining its principles appeared in 1446. Hangul later appeared in religious, Confucian, everyday, and official writing, and became Korea's official national writing system in 1894. The name Hangeul is traced to records from the early 1910s; these are changes to the script's status and name, not to what 귊 means by itself.

What if someone sends 귊 alone?

Treat it as a Hangul fragment until context gives it meaning. A lone block may be a text fragment or a character test; inside Korean writing, read it with the surrounding words.

Neutral as part of Korean writing; unexplained on its own.

As of 2026, no shared emoji-style reading is established for 귊.

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Questions people ask

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Why does 귊 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 귊

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType ADCA, then Alt+X to get 귊.
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 gwilm”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType adca, then Enter or Space.
HTML
귊
CSS
\ADCA
Korean 2-set keyboard
Switch to a Korean 2-set input method and type `rnlfa`: `r` makes ㄱ, `nl` makes ㅟ, and `fa` makes ㄻ; the keyboard assembles them into 귊.
Separate jamo
Enter `ᄀ` + `ᅱ` + `ᆱ` when an app needs the decomposed Unicode sequence.
Font fallback
If a font lacks the precomposed glyph, it may position the jamo separately. The display changes, but the text remains the same.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
귊
HTML hex
귊
CSS content
content: "\ADCA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%B7%8A
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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.

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