What 링 means
It means “ring”; nearby words identify the sense.
Korean uses it for ring-shaped items, boxing rings, and the gymnastics rings event. 링 귀걸이 means hoop earrings; 권투 링 means boxing ring.
Why was Hangul created?
It was made to write Korean speech.
Hangul's creation is dated to 1443; an explanatory book about it appeared in 1446.
A neutral Korean loanword; context supplies the specific sense.
Combination ideas
2hoop earrings
boxing ring
Questions people ask
1Why does 링 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 링
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B9C1, then Alt+X to get 링.
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 ring”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b9c1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
링CSS
\B9C1How to type 링
On the 2-beolsik Korean layout, type F-L-D (ㄹ, ㅣ, ㅇ); the Korean IME joins them into 링.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
링
HTML hex
링
CSS content
content: "\B9C1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%A7%81
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.