What 녹 means
By itself, 녹 can mean rust.
녹슬다 describes metal rusting and can also describe a skill that has grown dull. 녹다 means “to melt”; 녹음 (錄音) means “recording”; 녹색 (綠色) means “green.” Hangul writes syllable sounds, so the block itself does not choose one meaning for every word that contains it.
Hangul was created under King Sejong in 1443 and promulgated in 1446 as a writing system for Korean. This block combines the initial consonant ㄴ, the vowel ㅗ, and the final consonant ㄱ; a Korean keyboard input method composes them in that order.
What it means when someone sends it to you
5 readingsQuestions people ask
1Is 녹쓸다 the right spelling?
No. The standard spelling is 녹슬다. In speech, the final ㄱ makes the next consonant ㅅ sound tense, which can make the word seem like 녹쓸다; before a noun, write 녹슨.
How to type 녹
녹\B179Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.