What 옻 means
It means lacquer material in Korean. 옻 points to the sap and lacquer made from it; 옻칠 names applying that lacquer, and 옻나무 names the tree. 칠 (漆) is the connected Chinese-character term for lacquer.
Silla, Goryeo, and Joseon each managed lacquer for court, Buddhist, and military use; Modern craft still uses it for furniture and household ware.
Craft and material vocabulary, literal and neutral.
Questions people ask
1Is 옻 an emoji?
No. It is a Korean syllable with no emoji presentation.
How to type 옻
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C63B, then Alt+X to get 옻.
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 oc”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c63b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
옻CSS
\C63BKorean IME
Enter ㅇ + ㅗ + ㅊ; the IME composes the three jamo into 옻.
Exact display
Copy it from the palette above for exact display.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
옻
HTML hex
옻
CSS content
content: "\C63B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%98%BB
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.