Hangul Syllable Rap

As of 2026, 랖 has no standalone chat meaning; it is a Korean Hangul syllable pronounced “rap.” People searching “랖 emoji” can stop: it is plain Hangul writing, not emoji artwork. You almost always meet it inside 오지랖, a garment flap, and 오지랖이 넓다, “too nosy.”

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What 랖 means

Translate 오지랖이 넓다, not 랖 alone.

오지랖 means the front flap of an outer garment. In 오지랖이 넓다, that wide flap becomes a metaphor for meddling, so translate the whole phrase as “nosy” or “meddlesome.”

As of 2026, the checked sources give this block no separate inventor or first appearance. Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in a 1446 book to write Korean more easily than with Chinese characters. Its square blocks join initial, medial, and final units; 랖 is one such block, not a Chinese character.

Neutral alone; the idiom can sound reproachful.

Do not translate 랖 as “nosy”; that belongs to 오지랖이 넓다.

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가

Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 랖

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Don't confuse it with

랍

Hangul Syllable Rab

The correct 오지랖 spelling uses 랖, not 랍.

Questions people ask

Why does 랖 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.