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켊

hangul syllable kelm

Hangul syllable Kelm

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켊 is a Hangul syllable block, not a word with a fixed meaning on its own. Its parts are ㅋ ㅔ final ㄻ; the Unicode name KELM labels those parts, not a word translation. In Korean text, the surrounding word gives it a role; alone, it carries no special message.

Text symbol

What 켊 means

It is a Hangul syllable block, not a standalone word.

Hangul is the Korean writing system. 켊 combines initial ㅋ, vowel ㅔ, and the final consonant pair ㄻ (ㄹ ㅁ) into one written syllable. The Unicode name KELM labels that sequence; it does not translate a word.

Hangul was announced in 1443, and the text Hunminjeongeum, which explained the new writing system, was published in 1446. Before Hangul, systems such as Idu, hyangchal, and gugyeol adapted Chinese characters to write Korean words, sounds, or grammar. They were earlier ways to write Korean, not building blocks of 켊.

What does 켊 mean when someone sends it?

Usually, it carries no special message by itself.

Alone, it may be an isolated character or a typing mistake. Ask for the surrounding Korean word or sentence before reading a tone into it.

Who writes 켊

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Questions people ask

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Why does 켊 look different in different fonts?

The character stays the same, but fonts can draw its parts with different shapes, spacing, and sizes inside the syllable block.

How to type or find 켊

Search it as
켊 meaning · 켊 Korean character · 켊 Hangul syllable · type 켊 · kelm · ㄻ final consonant
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType CF0A, then AltX to get 켊.
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 kelm”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType cf0a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
켊
CSS
\CF0A
Korean IME (Dubeolsik)
Use a Korean input method that combines keystrokes into Hangul: type ㅋ, ㅔ, ㄹ, ㅁ in that order. On the standard two-set Dubeolsik keyboard, those are the Latin keys z, p, f, a; the input method combines ㄹ ㅁ into final ㄻ.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
켊
HTML hex
켊
CSS content
content: "\CF0A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%BC%8A
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.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols