What 이 means
Its position picks the meaning. Before a separate noun, 이 means “this”; attached after a noun, it marks the subject. Standing alone, several dictionary meanings stay open.
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Who writes 이
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readings“This person”: pointing someone out.
Don't confuse it with
1Related characters
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Worth knowing
- Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in the Hunminjeongeum, a royal guide to the script, in 1446. These dates belong to the writing system, not to 이 itself.
Questions people ask
1Why does 이 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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임Hangul Syllable Im
잉Hangul Syllable Ing
읲Hangul Syllable Yip
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익Hangul Syllable Ig
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- Search it as
- i · lee · yi · korean this · korean two · korean tooth
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
이
HTML hex
이
CSS content
content: "\C774";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%9D%B4
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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.