What 묐 means
묐 is one Korean syllable block, not a translation. It combines three Korean letters, called jamo: ㅁ, ㅚ, and ㅆ. “Moess” describes that spelling; it is not an English gloss. Read the block as part of its Korean word or phrase.
A Hangul block combines an initial consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a final consonant. In 묐, those parts are arranged in that order.
Where did Hangul's syllable blocks come from?
They come from Hangul's system of combining Korean letters into syllable blocks. A 1443 entry in Sejong Sillok, the chronicle of King Sejong's reign, records the script. Hunminjeongeum, a book explaining its purpose and principles, was published in 1446.
Chinese-character writing did not map neatly onto Korean speech. Before Hangul, Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean; they are earlier approaches to that writing challenge, not other forms of 묐.
Hangul gained official status in 1894, lost it in 1910, and later returned to public use through research and education. The current spelling system follows a 1933 proposal.
How do I type 묐 with a Korean keyboard?
Use a Korean IME and enter the jamo in order. A Korean input method composes ㅁ ㅚ ㅆ into one block. On the KS X 5002 2-set QWERTY layout, press a, then h l for ㅚ, then Shiftt for ㅆ.
Some editors can compose 묐 and normalize it to 묐 in NFC, Unicode's composed normalization form.
A Hangul text syllable; read it as part of Korean text.
Sent alone, it may leave the reader without enough Korean context to identify the intended word.
Who writes 묐
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Don't confuse it with
1묐 The same syllable written as separate modern jamo; NFC normalization can compose them into 묐.
Questions people ask
1Why does 묐 look different in different fonts?
It can. Fonts may change the placement and shape of the jamo while the underlying text character stays 묐; compare the text value, not only its silhouette.
How to type or find 묐
- Search it as
- moess · Hangul · Korean syllable · Hangul keyboard · Korean IME · jamo · Hangul typing · decomposed Hangul
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
묐\BB10Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

