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핍

hangul syllable pib

Hangul syllable Pib

핍 is a Korean Hangul syllable rather than a complete word with one fixed meaning. It appears in 핍박 (“persecution”), 결핍 (“lack”), and 궁핍 (“poverty”), where the rest of each word sets the meaning.

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핍 · pib · pip · 핍박 · 결핍 · 궁핍
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What 핍 means

It contributes one syllable; it has no fixed meaning on its own. The block combines ㅍ (the first consonant), ㅣ (the vowel), and ㅂ (the final consonant); that last letter sits below and closes the syllable with a short p-like sound.

Before Hangul, Korean was also written with Chinese characters and systems such as idu, hyangchal, and gugyeol, which adapted those characters to represent Korean speech and grammar. Hangul was devised in 1443 and its principles were published in 1446 as a writing system meant to make Korean easier to learn. It groups consonant and vowel letters into syllable blocks such as 핍.

Neutral as a written syllable; the surrounding word or sentence supplies the tone.

A lone 핍 does not reveal a sender's intended message; ask for the full word or context.

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Questions people ask

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Why does 핍 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 핍

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType D54D, then Alt+X to get 핍.
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 pib”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType d54d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
핍
CSS
\D54D
Korean IME
With a Korean keyboard active, enter ㅍ, then ㅣ, then ㅂ; the input method combines them into 핍.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
핍
HTML hex
핍
CSS content
content: "\D54D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%95%8D
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols