What 귚 means
It spells one Korean syllable; the block alone is not a word.
Hangul's consonant and vowel letters are called jamo. The decomposed spelling of 귚 combines initial ᄀ, vowel ᅱ, and final ᇁ into one syllable block.
Why was Hangul built from syllable blocks?
Hangul arranges letters into blocks to write Korean syllables.
The design aimed to represent Korean more directly than the established Hanja tradition, which used Chinese characters in Korean writing. Hangul's principles are explained in the Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the new script completed in 1443 and published in 1446. The writing systems coexisted: during the Joseon period, Chinese writing remained favored among intellectuals.
Neutral as a Korean writing character; on its own, it gives little context.
A lone 귚 does not reveal what the sender intends.
Who writes 귚
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIt is one syllable; without the surrounding word, the sender's point is unclear.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 귚 show as a box?
The selected font may omit this less common Hangul block. Some Korean fonts cover a core set of syllables rather than every modern block, so the text can contain 귚 even when the app displays a box.
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How to type or find 귚
- Search it as
- 귚 · gwip · Hangul gwip · Korean syllable block · Hangul jamo · Korean IME
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
귚\ADDACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.