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묒

hangul syllable moej

Hangul Syllable Moej

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묒 is a Hangul syllable block—a Korean sound unit written from component letters—not an emoji or a standalone word. Inside a word it contributes one syllable; alone, it does not identify the word or message it belongs to. Hangul was developed in 15th-century Korea, and this block is one combination allowed by its writing system, not a separately invented emblem.

Text symbol

What 묒 means

It combines an initial consonant, a vowel, and a final consonant.

Hangul groups component letters, called jamo, into syllable blocks. This block's sequence is ᄆ ᅬ ᆽ: an initial consonant, a middle vowel, and a final consonant. “Moej” is the Unicode name for those parts in Latin letters, not a Korean word or dictionary definition.

Hangul was developed under King Sejong in the 15th century to make Korean speech easier to write. The earliest recorded reference to its creation dates to 1443; Hunminjeongeum, the explanatory book, was published in 1446. Historical descriptions also connect Hangul's basic letter shapes to Old Seal Script, an older Chinese calligraphic style. 묒 is a combination the system allows, not a separately invented emblem.

What does 묒 mean by itself?

Alone, it does not identify a Korean word or reaction.

In a Korean word, the other syllables supply the whole word's meaning. Sent alone, 묒 leaves that context out; treat it as a fragment and ask what word or thought it belongs to.

The same syllable can also be represented as 묒 instead of one precomposed block. Unicode normalization can switch between these forms, so the representation may change without changing the syllable.

It reads as Korean writing; alone, it carries no fixed chat reaction.

A solo send cannot tell you which word or thought was intended.

Who writes 묒

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

One syllable in a larger word; the whole word supplies the meaning.

Questions people ask

3

Is 묒 an emoji?

No. It is a Hangul text character that forms part of a Korean syllable, rather than an emoji picture.

Why does 묒 look different in another font?

The active font shapes the glyph, so its stroke proportions can change while the encoded character stays the same.

Why did typing it leave separate jamo?

An app may keep the conjoining jamo separate instead of normalizing them into one precomposed block. Both forms can represent the same syllable.

How to type or find 묒

Search it as
묒 · 묒 meaning · 묒 Hangul · moej
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType BB12, then AltX to get 묒.
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 moej”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType bb12, then Enter or Space.
HTML
묒
CSS
\BB12
Korean IME
Enter the jamo ㅁ ㅚ ㅈ; the input method combines them into one syllable block.
Unicode-aware editor
Enter UBB12 with the editor's Unicode input command; the shortcut depends on the app.
Conjoining jamo
The decomposed form 묒 represents the same syllable, but an app may keep or display its parts separately.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
묒
HTML hex
묒
CSS content
content: "\BB12";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%AC%92
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