What 늦 means
It adds “late” or “slow” inside Korean words. Read the whole word: appointment time means late, pace means slow.
Hangeul, the Korean alphabet for writing Korean directly, was published in 1446, so 늦 is an invented block, not an old picture sign. Older forms of 늦다 covered a wider late-or-slow range; modern Korean keeps the split between being late and moving slowly.
Everyday inside Korean words; the ending sets the politeness.
A bare 늦 can look unfinished.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings늦어서 미안해요
Apology for being late.
속도가 늦다
The pace is slow, not late.
Combination ideas
2To be late.
Sleeping in, morning lateness.
Questions people ask
1Why does 늦 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 늦
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B2A6, then Alt+X to get 늦.
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 neuj”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b2a6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
늦CSS
\B2A62-set Korean keyboard
Switch to Korean input; press S-M-W for ㄴ+ㅡ+ㅈ to compose 늦.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
늦
HTML hex
늦
CSS content
content: "\B2A6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%8A%A6
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.