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킼

hangul syllable kik

Hangul syllable kik

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On a Korean 2-set keyboard, z-l-z builds 킼 from initial ㅋ, vowel ㅣ, and final ㅋ. The block has no fixed word meaning by itself; the English loanword “kick” is written 킥.

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What 킼 means

Enable Korean input with syllable composition. On the standard Korean 2-set keyboard, type z, l, z; the input method assembles them into one block.

Those keys enter ㅋ ㅣ ㅋ. Hangul input assigns the first ㅋ to the initial position and the last ㅋ to the final position around ㅣ.

Some tools accept the conjoining jamo sequence 킼. Hangul normalization (recombining jamo into a syllable) can turn that sequence into 킼.

What does 킼 mean by itself?

By itself, it has no fixed word meaning. A surrounding Korean word supplies the meaning; this block alone is not a complete Korean word.

Hangul was created in 1443 and introduced in the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a guide explaining the writing system for Korean. Its letters form syllable blocks; Early Hangul appeared in teaching, practical books, translation, and literature.

In the traditional design of Korean letters, ㅋ adds a stroke to ㄱ to mark aspiration—a consonant made with a stronger puff of breath. That design connection does not make ㄱ and ㅋ interchangeable in spelling.

As a bare Hangul block, it has no built-in social tone; context determines any word meaning.

For the English word “kick,” Korean writes 킥, with final ㄱ.

Who writes 킼

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How to type or find 킼

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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType D0BC, then AltX to get 킼.
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 kik”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType d0bc, then Enter or Space.
HTML
킼
CSS
\D0BC
Korean 2-set keyboard
Enable Korean input and enter z, l, z. The input method combines ㅋ ㅣ final ㅋ.
Conjoining jamo
Some tools accept 킼 and normalize the separate jamo into the single block 킼.
Why is 킼 a box on my screen?

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Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
킼
HTML hex
킼
CSS content
content: "\D0BC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%82%BC
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.

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