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맽

hangul syllable maet

Hangul syllable Maet

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맽 is a Hangul syllable block, with the Latin-letter romanization maet; the Korean word or name around it supplies the meaning. With a Korean 2-set input method active, aox forms it from ㅁ, ㅐ and ㅌ.

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What 맽 means

By itself, 맽 gives one syllable sound, not a word meaning. It is assembled from the Hangul parts ㅁ, ㅐ and ㅌ, also written separately as ㅁㅐㅌ. The Latin romanization maet names the sound; the Korean word or name around it supplies meaning.

Hangul was developed in 15th-century Korea to write Korean more directly. Earlier writers used Chinese characters and mixed systems that adapted them for Korean, including Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal. An annal records Hangul in 1443. The Hunminjeongeum, a guide explaining the script's purpose and how its syllable blocks are built, appeared in 1446. Hangul later carried Buddhist, Confucian and practical texts before national adoption in 1894.

What should I do if someone sends 맽?

Ask which Korean word or name was intended. A lone 맽 gives one syllable but does not identify the complete word or message the sender meant.

Neutral within Korean spelling; its interpretation depends on the word around it.

A lone syllable does not identify the whole message.

Who writes 맽

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

One syllable with no clear message; ask which Korean word or name was intended.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why can 맽 look different in different fonts?

Fonts can change the shapes, size and placement of its three parts inside the Hangul block; the character remains 맽.

How to type or find 맽

Also called
maet
Search it as
ㅁㅐㅌ · aox
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType B9FD, then AltX to get 맽.
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 maet”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType b9fd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
맽
CSS
\B9FD
How do I type 맽?
Enable a Korean 2-set (Dubeolsik) input method, then press a, o, x in order: they enter ㅁ, ㅐ and ㅌ and compose 맽.
English keyboard
Without an active Korean input method, aox enters Latin letters; switch the input method to Korean first.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
맽
HTML hex
맽
CSS content
content: "\B9FD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%A7%BD
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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

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols