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hangul syllable jaeb

Hangul Syllable Jaeb

잽 is the Korean spelling of “jab,” a quick, light lead-hand punch in boxing. In Korean sports talk it judges distance, feints, or sets up harder punches. It is an ordinary Hangul character, so different fonts draw it differently.

Text symbol
Also called
jab
Search it as
잽 · 복싱 · 펀치 · 앞손 · 잽잽 · 원투 · 훅 · 스트레이트
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 잽 means

잽 means a quick, light lead-hand punch in boxing.

It spells the English word jab in Korean. English records show an older thrust-or-poke sense; the fist-punch sense is documented by 1889. A 1933 Chosun Ilbo boxing report is an early Korean appearance I could verify, not proof it was the first.

Think of it as a setup punch, not a knockout blow. The lead hand probes distance, flicks a feint, or taps an opening. In the same boxing vocabulary, 스트레이트 goes straight, 훅 curves, 어퍼컷 rises, and 카운터 answers an attack.

What does 잽 mean when someone sends it?

It points to boxing or a small verbal hit, depending on context.

Treat a bare 잽 as under-specified and ask what the sender means. With 복싱 it is literal; with 잽을 날리다 or a phrase like 웃음의 잽 it is the borrowed metaphor for a dig or gag. A 2024 comedy-news headline used that phrase for comic attacks, showing the extension in live Korean prose.

Technical Korean sports loanword; outside Korean or boxing context, a bare send feels cryptic.

If you mean a punch, add context; alone, 잽 is not self-explanatory to a non-Korean reader.

What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings
“잽!” from a boxing coach
A command to throw a quick lead-hand punch.
“잽-잽-투” in a drill
Two jabs followed by the rear-hand punch.
“잽” in a bout report
A technical account of a lead-hand punch in the round.
Bare “잽” in a chat
An under-specified Korean term; ask whether the context is boxing or metaphor.

Don't confuse it with

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잡
Hangul Syllable Jab
잽 vs 잡: ㅐ marks the boxing loanword; ㅏ belongs to 잡다.

Combination ideas

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Double jab; two quick lead-hand punches.
Jab followed by a counter hook to the body.
A three-punch call that ends with a jab.

Questions people ask

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Is 잽 an emoji?

No. As of 2026, it is a Hangul text character; its appearance comes from the selected font, not an emoji artwork set.

Why does 잽 look different in different fonts?

Because it is a font-drawn Hangul glyph. Different fonts change the strokes; a fallback square means the selected font lacks coverage.

How to type 잽

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C7BD, then Alt+X to get 잽.
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 jaeb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c7bd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
잽
CSS
\C7BD
Korean IME
Type 잽 on a Korean keyboard by switching to Korean input and entering ㅈ, ㅐ, then ㅂ.
Dubeolsik keys
In the 2-set layout, those components are W, O, and Q respectively.
No Korean input
Copy it from the palette above when you need the exact character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
잽
HTML hex
잽
CSS content
content: "\C7BD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%9E%BD
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Korean syllables11,623 symbols

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