Hangul Syllable Pyeom

폄 is Korean pyeom; alone, it is not a reaction or picture, so its meaning comes from the word around it. In 폄하하다, it represents Sino-Korean 貶 and contributes “lower” or “belittle”—a Hanja-derived word, not a pictograph. Hangul’s syllable-block system was first recorded in 1443 and explained in 1446 to make Korean easier to write. As of 2026, this search found no defensible earlier attestation or standalone tradition for 폄.

Text symbol

What 폄 means

폄 is the hangul syllable pyeom. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the Hangul Syllables block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

폄 is a single code point, UD3C4. In HTML that is 폄, and in CSS \D3C4.

Part of the collection

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Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 폄

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Questions people ask

Why does 폄 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.