What 식 means
The whole Korean word sets the meaning. 식사 and 음식 trace to 食 (“food”); 결혼식 and mathematical 식 to 式 (“form, ceremony”); 인식 to 識 (“knowing”). These Chinese characters are called hanja in Korean.
Hangul was created in 1443 and explained in 1446 to write Korean more directly. Earlier methods—Idu, Gugyeol, and Hyangchal—used Chinese characters to write Korean; Hangul builds syllable blocks from letters.
Neutral as a syllable; the completed word sets the tone.
식 alone does not identify the intended root.
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Who writes 식
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsAfter a meal.
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How to type or find 식
- Also called
- sik
- Search it as
- 식사 · 음식
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
식CSS
\C2DDKorean IME
To type 식 with Korean input active, enter ㅅ, ㅣ, then ㄱ; the IME assembles the block.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
식
HTML hex
식
CSS content
content: "\C2DD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%8B%9D
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.