What 걒 means
Use Korean input and enter ㄱ, ㅑ, then final ㅍ.
These component letters are Hangul jamo. A Korean IME combines the initial consonant, vowel, and final consonant into one syllable block as you type. Microsoft's Windows instructions from 2024 describe switching from A to 가 input before entering the components; the physical keys depend on your keyboard layout.
Is 걒 an emoji, or Korean text?
It is a Korean text character, not an emoji.
The block combines initial ㄱ, vowel ㅑ, and final ㅍ. Those parts tell you how to read the syllable, not what a Korean word means; the surrounding word supplies its lexical meaning.
Fonts can place and shape the components differently, so 걒 may look slightly different across typefaces. If a font lacks the character, it may show a blank box or replacement mark. The underlying text is still 걒.
Hangul's history explains the script, not a special meaning for 걒.
The two key dates are 1443 and 1446: the Sejong annals record Hangul's creation in 1443, and the 1446 Hunminjeongeum Haerye manuscript explains the alphabet's design. These dates belong to the writing system, not this individual block.
Earlier Korean writing used Chinese characters, sometimes adapted to represent Korean words and grammar. King Sejong's alphabet was designed so ordinary people could learn to read and write Korean more easily. Hangul is the everyday script; Hanja, Chinese characters used in Korean writing, remains in narrower contexts in South Korea as of 2026.
Neutral as text; its tone depends on the word and message around it.
A lone syllable gives too little context to infer the sender's tone.
Who writes 걒
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThis block supplies one syllable; the surrounding Korean text gives it lexical meaning.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 걒 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 걒
- Search it as
- gyap · Korean IME · Korean keyboard · Hangul jamo · Hangul syllable block
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
걒\AC52Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.