What 먗 means
It contributes a syllable; the Korean word gives it meaning.
Hangul stacks an initial consonant, a vowel, and an optional bottom consonant (batchim) into one block. The component letters are jamo: ᄆ ᅣ ᆾ. Keyboard forms are ㅁ ㅑ ㅊ.
King Sejong created the script in 1443, naming it Hunminjeongeum. A 1446 book of that name explained its design and purpose. It offered an easier way to write Korean than relying on Chinese characters.
Is 먗 an emoji?
No; 먗 is a Hangul text character.
Unicode can store it as one syllable or three jamo. Font designs may change the parts’ shape, size, and placement without changing the character.
Who writes 먗
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How to type or find 먗
- Search it as
- 먗 · myac · Hangul · jamo · batchim · Korean keyboard
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
먗CSS
\BA17Korean IME
With a Korean input method editor (IME), enter ㅁ, ㅑ, then ㅊ; it combines them into 먗.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
먗
HTML hex
먗
CSS content
content: "\BA17";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%A8%97
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.