What 할 means
The phrase around it decides. Before a noun, 할 points to something to do; in an ability phrase, it says someone can do it. Alone, it identifies neither a person nor a promise.
Hangul was created in 1443 and explained publicly in 1446 to make Korean easier to write. Earlier systems—Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal—adapted Chinese characters for writing Korean.
Neutral Korean text; the sentence supplies its tone.
Alone, 할 does not mean “I will.”
Combination ideas
3a task to do
can do it
I’ll do it; a promise or offer
Questions people ask
1Why does 할 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 할
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType D560, then Alt+X to get 할.
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 hal”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType d560, then Enter or Space.
HTML
할CSS
\D560How to type 할
Use Korean 2-Set input and enter ㅎ, ㅏ, ㄹ in order; the input method combines them into 할.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
할
HTML hex
할
CSS content
content: "\D560";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%95%A0
1
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.