What 넘 means
Usually “very” or “too much,” shortened from 너무.
King Sejong commissioned Hangul in 1443 to make Korean easier to write than older systems such as Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal, which adapted Chinese characters for Korean speech and grammar. The 1446 guide Hunminjeongeum explained the script’s principles. Hangul became the official Korean script in 1894 and lost that status under Japanese rule in 1910.
As of 2026, standalone 넘 is casual Korean shorthand for 너무.
Is 넘 polite? No—use 너무 in formal Korean.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsCombination ideas
1Questions people ask
1Why does 넘 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 넘
넘\B118Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.