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쾸

hangul syllable koem

Hangul Syllable Koem

쾸 is one Hangul syllable, built by combining three Korean letters. “Koem” is Unicode’s romanized label for that letter combination, not a translation. In Korean writing, the syllable contributes to a word; neighboring syllables show how it fits. If it arrives alone, ask for context before guessing what the sender means.

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쾸 · koem jamo · ㅋㅚㅁ · Hangul syllable · Korean IME · Hangul NFC · Hangul normalization · Hangul font
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 쾸 means

It is a Korean syllable; the word around it supplies the meaning.

The “koem jamo” sequence combines ㅋ, the initial consonant letter; ㅚ, the vowel letter; and ㅁ, the final consonant letter. “Koem” is Unicode’s romanized label for that combination, not a Korean word or a translation.

No standalone reaction reading is established for this exact block as of 2026-09-13. In a Korean word, 쾸 contributes one syllable sound; if it arrives alone, ask for context rather than guessing.

쾸 follows Hangul’s block design

Hangul took shape in Korea in the 15th century. Its design was completed in 1443 and officially introduced in 1446. It groups consonant and vowel letters into square syllable blocks, a layout that can sit alongside Chinese characters.

Digital Korean can represent a syllable as one precomposed block or as separate joining letters called jamo; historical text also uses tone marks. 쾸 is the precomposed form of its three-letter combination.

Neutral in Korean writing; sent alone, it reads as puzzling rather than expressive.

No standalone reaction reading is established as of 2026-09-13; ask for context.

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings
Sent alone
The sender’s intended message is unclear without more context.
Inside a Korean word
Its syllable sound contributes to the word; neighboring syllables show how it fits.
Beside separate jamo
A precomposed block beside separate Hangul letters: mixed digital forms of the same script.

Questions people ask

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Why does 쾸 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 쾸

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType CFB8, then Alt+X to get 쾸.
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 koem”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType cfb8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쾸
CSS
\CFB8
Korean IME
How to type 쾸: enter ㅋ + ㅚ + ㅁ in a Korean input method; it combines them into the precomposed syllable.
Normalization
If the letters remain separate, NFC normalization can combine them into 쾸.
Font rendering
Fonts can place or size its components differently inside the block; the drawing changes, not the character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쾸
HTML hex
쾸
CSS content
content: "\CFB8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%BE%B8
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

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