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맺

hangul syllable maej

Hangul Syllable Maej

맺 is not a standalone sign: it is a Korean Hangul syllable block, and its meaning comes from the word around it. The verb 맺다 covers droplets, fruit, knots, endings, and relationships; a lone 맺 has no single translation. Hangul's purpose was to write Korean, and this block is built from jamo ㅁ + ㅐ + ㅈ, not from a picture or emoji convention.

Text symbol
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maej · maejda · maetda · maet · 맺다 · 맺어 · 맺히다 · 맺음
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What 맺 means

It has no fixed meaning outside the Korean word around it.

In 맺다 (maetda), the verb covers droplets forming, fruit bearing, tying a knot, finishing something, and forming a relationship. The word is recorded in Middle Korean in 1447, so that evidence belongs to 맺다 rather than to a separate emblem tradition.

Hangul was made for Korean writing. Its syllable-block design was completed in 1443 and explained in 1446; Unicode decomposes 맺 as ㅁ + ㅐ + ㅈ. That connects this glyph to Hangul's jamo-and-block system, not to a pictorial symbol family.

Combination ideas

3
Form a relationship or connection.
Bear fruit.
Bring something to a conclusion.

Questions people ask

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Why does 맺다 sound like maetda?

It changes with the ending. The dictionary lists 맺다 as [맫따], but 맺어 as [매저]; the spelling remains 맺 while the following ending changes the sound.

How to type 맺

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B9FA, then Alt+X to get 맺.
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 maej”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b9fa, then Enter or Space.
HTML
맺
CSS
\B9FA
Korean 2-set
Switch to a Korean Hangul input source and enter ㅁ, ㅐ, then ㅈ; the IME composes 맺.
macOS
On macOS, as of 2026, add Korean in Keyboard settings, then choose 2-Set Korean or 3-Set Korean.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
맺
HTML hex
맺
CSS content
content: "\B9FA";
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URL encoded
%EB%A7%BA
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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.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

ᄀᄁᄂᄃᄄᄅᄆᄇᄈᄉᄊᄋ

Korean syllables11,623 symbols

ᄀᄁᄂᄃᄄᄅᄆᄇᄈᄉᄊᄋ