What 립 means
At a word’s start, some South Korean words write 립 as 입. 립’s meaning depends on its hanja (a Chinese character used in Korean). For 立 (“stand; establish”), 입법 uses 입; 설립 keeps 립.
Hangul, the Korean alphabet, was created in 1443 to write Korean without relying on Chinese characters; its purpose and principles were explained in 1446. The 1527 Korean primer Hunmong Jahoe records 립 for 立, linked to Middle Chinese, an older form of Chinese.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 립 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 립
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B9BD, then Alt+X to get 립.
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 rib”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b9bd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
립CSS
\B9BDKorean Dubeolsik
With that layout active, press F, L, Q in order for ㄹ, ㅣ, ㅂ; keyboard software combines them into 립.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
립
HTML hex
립
CSS content
content: "\B9BD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%A6%BD
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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.