What 낯 means
It means “face” and can suggest social dignity.
낯 appears in expressions about familiarity, shyness, shame, and social standing. 낯설다 means “unfamiliar”; 낯이 익다 means “seem familiar.”
In medieval Korean, 낯 and 얼굴 were already synonyms; the face sense also extended to social dignity.
Korean vocabulary; idioms can signal familiarity, shame, or standing.
낯 alone is Korean vocabulary, not a general reaction; read the surrounding word.
Don't confuse it with
3Questions people ask
1Why does 낯 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 낯
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B0AF, then Alt+X to get 낯.
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 nac”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b0af, then Enter or Space.
HTML
낯CSS
\B0AFCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
낯
HTML hex
낯
CSS content
content: "\B0AF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%82%AF
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.