What 콤 means
The surrounding word supplies the meaning.
It carries sound inside a full word. 콤플렉스 names an insecurity; 콤마 names a comma. Korean spelling is word-specific: computer is 컴퓨터, not 콤퓨터.
Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 as an accessible writing system. 콤 stacks ㅋ plus ㅗ plus ㅁ into one block; fonts may arrange the parts differently without changing the reading. As of 2026-09-07, the sources reviewed found no separate origin story for 콤 alone.
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Who writes 콤
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsUsually a fragment; ask for the surrounding word.
Don't confuse it with
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How to type or find 콤
- Search it as
- 콤 · kom · 콤플렉스 · 콤마 · 컴퓨터 · ㅋㅗㅁ · 한글
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
콤CSS
\CF64Korean 2-set IME
Type ㅋ, ㅗ, then ㅁ on a Korean IME; it composes 콤.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
콤
HTML hex
콤
CSS content
content: "\CF64";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%BD%A4
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.