What 탉 means
It has no standalone meaning; it appears in 수탉, rooster.
The full word 수탉 means a male chicken, and 암탉 is the matching word for a hen. As of 2026-09-08, the sources checked establish an early history for Hangul, not a separate manuscript history for 탉: the first verified record is in 1443, the explanatory book in 1446, modern spelling from a 1933 unified draft, partly revised in 1988.
How do you type 탉?
Use a Korean IME: ㅌ ㅏ ㄹ ㄱ.
On the standard Dubeolsik layout the QWERTY keys are xkfr. The IME builds the block live, so the display shifts before 탉 settles; if xkfr stays as Latin letters, you are not in Korean input.
Why does 수탉 use 탉 instead of 닭?
Because the spelling preserves a historical sound change.
Standard spelling keeps 수탉 and rejects 숫닭. The male-animal prefix traces back to 숳, whose old final ㅎ fused with the following ㄷ to leave aspirated ㅌ in this fossilized compound; the same rule gives 암탉, not 암닭.
Neutral Korean spelling; literal inside 수탉, empty as a lone message.
Do not send 탉 alone for rooster; send the full word 수탉.
Part of the collection
Who writes 탉
Loading…
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsA fragment; the surrounding word supplies its meaning.
Don't confuse it with
2
Combination ideas
3More like this
13
How to type or find 탉
- Search it as
- 탉 · talg · 수탉 · 암탉 · rooster · hen · chicken · hangul
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
탉\D0C9Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.