What 폰 means
Phone compounds mean a device; chess context means pawn.
Phone compounds such as 휴대폰 (mobile phone), 핸드폰, and 스마트폰 (smartphone) use 폰 for a device. In chess, 폰 names the pawn.
Hangul was designed to write Korean. A 1443 record calls it Hunminjeongeum; an explanatory book followed in 1446. Its consonant system drew on traditional Chinese sound classification. Hangul has also been compared with the Phags-pa script, created in 1269, but that comparison does not establish direct descent.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsPhone compound
A phone.
Chess game chat
A pawn.
Bare 폰 message
Ambiguous; check nearby words.
Questions people ask
1Why does 폰 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 폰
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType D3F0, then Alt+X to get 폰.
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 pon”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType d3f0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
폰CSS
\D3F0Korean keyboard
Enter ㅍ, ㅗ, then ㄴ; the Korean input method combines them into one block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
폰
HTML hex
폰
CSS content
content: "\D3F0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%ED%8F%B0
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.