What 잎 means
It means “leaf” in Korean.
As a noun, it names a plant leaf; compounds narrow it to 깻잎 (perilla leaf), 꽃잎 (petal), or 나뭇잎 (tree leaf).
Why can 잎 sound like 닙?
Compound pronunciation preserves a trace of the older form.
Korean guidance gives 깻잎 as [깬닙] and 나뭇잎 as [나문닙]; the spelling stays 잎 while the sound keeps the old n.
Plain Korean noun; compounds supply the specific leaf.
No standalone chat meaning is established as of 2026; treat it as Korean text, not a universal leaf picture.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 잎 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 잎
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C78E, then Alt+X to get 잎.
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 ip”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c78e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
잎CSS
\C78E2-set Korean IME
Switch to Korean input; enter ㅇ, ㅣ, ㅍ in order and let the IME compose the block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
잎
HTML hex
잎
CSS content
content: "\C78E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%9E%8E
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.