What 짭 means
It means “fake” or “imitation” in Korean slang.
A dictionary entry traces a proposed word history from 가짜 (“fake”) through 짜가 and 짝퉁 to 짭.
A 2025 study of a Korean hip-hop debate uses 찐 vs 짭 to discuss cultural authenticity as well as objects.
Casual Korean slang; it gives a blunt authenticity verdict.
Do not use 짭 as a neutral formal label.
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Who writes 짭
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Combination ideas
1Genuine versus imitation: 찐 is real; 짭 is fake.
Questions people ask
1Why does 짭 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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How to type or find 짭
- Also called
- jjap
- Search it as
- jjab · 가짜 · 짝퉁 · 짭퉁 · fake · knockoff
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
짭CSS
\C9EDCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
짭
HTML hex
짭
CSS content
content: "\C9ED";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%A7%AD
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.