What 컵 means
The surrounding words choose the reading.
Alone, 컵 is the English loanword cup, pronounced roughly keop. It can name a vessel, the amount it holds, a trophy or tournament, or a bra cup; 컵라면 means cup noodles.
Hangul stacks jamo into syllable blocks, so ㅋ ㅓ ㅂ becomes 컵. Hangul was created and published in 1443 and 1446 to write Korean accessibly. As of 2026-09-17, consulted sources do not establish the loanword 컵’s first attestation.
Neutral Korean vocabulary; surrounding words carry the tone.
Is 컵 an emoji? No: it is Korean text, not cup artwork.
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Who writes 컵
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Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
2Instant noodles in a disposable cup container.
Paper cup, usually disposable.
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How to type or find 컵
- Also called
- keop
- Search it as
- 컵 · cup · 컵라면 · 종이컵 · 물컵 · 우승컵
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
컵CSS
\CEF5Korean IME
Type 컵 by entering ㅋ, ㅓ, then ㅂ; the IME composes the block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
컵
HTML hex
컵
CSS content
content: "\CEF5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%BB%B5
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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.