What 룍 means
No fixed meaning on its own. It is one Korean syllable block; its reading depends on the word it belongs to.
How did Hangul develop?
Hangul was designed to write Korean speech. The script's earliest record dates to 1443; the 1446 Hunminjeongeum, a text introducing Hangul, explains that purpose. Hangul became the everyday script in South Korea, while Hanja (Chinese characters used in Korean writing) remains in some contexts as of 2026-09-13.
Questions people ask
1Why does 룍 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 룍
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType B8CD, then Alt+X to get 룍.
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 ryog”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType b8cd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
룍CSS
\B8CDKorean IME
Enter ㄹ, ㅛ, then ㄱ in a Korean IME; it combines them into 룍.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
룍
HTML hex
룍
CSS content
content: "\B8CD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EB%A3%8D
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.