What 즈 means
Translate the whole word, not the block. Alone, 즈 has no fixed translation. It combines the Korean consonant letter ㅈ with the vowel letter ㅡ. In 즈음, the complete word means “around the time.”
Hangul was created in 1443 and promulgated in 1446 to make Korean easier to write than Chinese characters. That is the script’s history; 즈 is one of its syllable blocks.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsInside the word 즈음
“Around the time”; translate the complete word.
Alone as a message
No fixed translation; the surrounding sentence matters.
Questions people ask
1Why does 즈 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 즈
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C988, then Alt+X to get 즈.
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 jeu”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c988, then Enter or Space.
HTML
즈CSS
\C988Korean keyboard
Press ㅈ, then ㅡ; Korean input combines them into 즈. On the standard two-set layout, use W then M.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
즈
HTML hex
즈
CSS content
content: "\C988";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%A6%88
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.