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죔

hangul syllable joem

Hangul syllable 죔

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죔 means tightening in Korean: it is a noun form of 죄다, “to tighten.” In 죔쇠, the full word names a clamp or fastening piece. Hangul, the Korean writing system, builds syllables from consonant and vowel letters, so the same syllable can be stored as one block or as its separate components.

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What 죔 means

죔 names tightening in Korean.

죔 is a noun form of 죄다, “to tighten,” and can refer to the act of tightening. In 죔쇠, it contributes the fastening sense; the full word means a clamp or fastening piece. Translate the whole Korean word when the exact object matters.

Hangul was designed to write Korean speech. Its creation is dated to 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a guide to the new script, explains how consonant and vowel letters combine into syllable blocks. 죔 follows that block-building system.

How do I type 죔?

A Korean input method joins ㅈ ㅚ ㅁ into 죔.

On the standard Dubeolsik (2-set) layout, type W, then H and L, then A: these keys enter ㅈ, ㅚ, and ㅁ. The Korean input method combines them into one syllable block. Unicode also supports the equivalent component sequence 죔.

If you need the component letters separately for text processing, use 죔 instead of the precomposed block.

Neutral Korean noun with a practical, fastening-related sense.

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Who writes 죔

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

A noun for tightening; context tells you what is being tightened.

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Questions people ask

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Why does 죔 look different?

It can appear as one precomposed syllable block or as the equivalent sequence 죔. Unicode normalization can preserve or decompose the sequence, and font shaping controls how its parts appear.

How to type or find 죔

Search it as
죔 · 죔 뜻 · 죔쇠 · 죔쇠 뜻 · joem · joemsoe · 죄다
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C8D4, then AltX to get 죔.
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 joem”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c8d4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
죔
CSS
\C8D4
Dubeolsik / 2-set
With a Korean input method on the standard Dubeolsik layout, press W, H, L, A; it joins ㅈ, ㅚ, ㅁ as 죔.
Component-letter sequence
For text processing that needs separate components, use the decomposed Hangul sequence 죔.
English-only keyboard input
An English-only layout types Latin letters for W-H-L-A; switch the active keyboard input to Korean so the sequence composes.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
죔
HTML hex
죔
CSS content
content: "\C8D4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%A3%94
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On screen
1
Code points
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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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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols