What 즹 means
In a message, read this Hangul syllable from its surrounding Korean words.
The historical use of 즹 is clearest in Hongmujeongunyeokhun, a Korean manual for transcribing Chinese pronunciation completed in 1455. Its table gives 즹 as a standard reading and 증 as the popular reading. The contrast marks pronunciation and register, not two different message meanings.
Hangul (then called Hunminjeongeum, “the correct sounds for teaching the people”) was devised as a writing system for Korean; its creation was recorded in 1443. The 1446 Haerye, an explanatory guide, describes how initial, middle, and final jamo (letter pieces) form syllable blocks.
How do I type 즹?
Use a Korean 2-set keyboard and let its IME compose the block.
On a Korean 2-set layout, type ㅈ, then ㅡ and ㅣ to form ㅢ, then ㅇ as the final consonant. The Korean IME combines the initial, vowel, and final jamo; while composing, it may show those pieces separately.
Unicode also represents the same syllable as separate conjoining jamo: 즹. A font or text engine may show those components apart; that is a representation or shaping difference, not a different syllable.
Technical sound notation in its documented historical use; in ordinary messages, context determines its intended reading.
Do not transfer the manual's standard-versus-popular contrast into a modern chat.
Who writes 즹
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsUse the surrounding Korean words or conversation to decide what the sender means.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 즹 appear as separate jamo?
Unicode can represent the same syllable as the single block 즹 or as the jamo sequence 즹. Text normalization and font shaping affect whether you see a block or separate components.
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How to type or find 즹
- Search it as
- 즹 · Hangul syllable · Korean Hangul · Hangul jamo · Korean IME · decomposed Hangul
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
즹\C9B9Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.