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쿦

hangul syllable kunh

Hangul syllable Kunh

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쿦 is a Hangul syllable block: it writes a Korean syllable, not a pictogram. Its parts are initial ㅋ, vowel ㅜ, and final ㄶ; context tells you what word it belongs to. Unicode can store it as one precomposed block or as separate jamo.

Text symbol

What 쿦 means

It is a Korean syllable; context shows its role in a word.

Hangul was created in 15th-century Korea to represent Korean speech directly. Before Hangul, Korean was often written with Chinese characters or systems adapted from them; the new script gave Korean sounds their own letters.

Hangul builds each block from jamo, the script's consonant and vowel letters: ㅋ starts this one, ㅜ is its vowel, and ㄶ closes it as a final consonant cluster. Historically, ㅋ was formed from ㄱ by adding a stroke to show a related sound. Words using ㅋ grew from a small early set through reshaping, compounds, and loanwords; that is the consonant's vocabulary history, not a special meaning of 쿦.

How do I type 쿦?

Use a Korean IME to enter the jamo in order.

An IME (input method editor) assembles Hangul as you type. Enter ㅋ, then ㅜ, then ㄴ and ㅎ; while composition is active, it should join the last two into final ㄶ and produce 쿦.

Unicode supports this syllable as one precomposed block and as separate jamo. Ordinary Korean text commonly uses the single block; separated jamo are useful when a task needs the pieces themselves. A font can alter spacing and proportions inside the square cell without changing the character.

As Korean text, it is a written syllable; alone, it gives little context about a larger word.

By itself, 쿦 identifies a syllable, not the word around it.

Who writes 쿦

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Questions people ask

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Why does 쿦 look different in another font?

Hangul fonts arrange the letters differently inside the square syllable cell, changing spacing and proportions. The design can vary while the block still represents the same character, 쿦.

How to type or find 쿦

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쿦 · ㅋ · ㅜ · ㄶ · Hangul · Korean syllable · jamo · IME
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType CFE6, then AltX to get 쿦.
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 kunh”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType cfe6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
쿦
CSS
\CFE6
Korean IME
Enter ㅋ ㅜ ㄴ ㅎ and let the input method combine the sequence.
Separate jamo
Use separate jamo only when a task needs the individual letters; ordinary text uses the single block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
쿦
HTML hex
쿦
CSS content
content: "\CFE6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%BF%A6
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