What 옥 means
옥 has no fixed translation; Korean word context determines its meaning.
Hangul joins letters into syllable blocks. Devised in 1443 and promulgated in 1446, it gave Korean a simpler writing system than Chinese characters. A text from the 15th century records 玉 as 구술, a Middle Korean reading from an earlier stage of Korean.
Is 옥 jade or prison?
The Hanja decides: 玉 means jade; 獄 means prison.
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Who writes 옥
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsJade meaning.
Questions people ask
1Why does 옥 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.
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How to type or find 옥
- Search it as
- 옥 · ok · jade · prison
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
옥CSS
\C625How to type 옥
On a standard Korean Dubeolsik keyboard, press d, h, r in order; software joins ㅇ, ㅗ, ㄱ into one block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
옥
HTML hex
옥
CSS content
content: "\C625";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%98%A5
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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.