What 웩 means
웩 is a Korean interjection for disgust or retching. By itself, it reads as a blunt “ew” reaction, not neutral surprise; with food, an image, or an idea, it says that thing feels gross.
Casual and blunt; aimed at someone’s serious message, it can sound dismissive.
Alone, 웩 reads as disgust, not surprise.
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Who writes 웩
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readings“That tastes gross.”
Combination ideas
1Repeated gagging.
Questions people ask
1Does 웩 mean someone is vomiting?
Not necessarily. It can imitate retching, but it also labels something as disgusting without saying anyone is physically sick.
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How to type or find 웩
- Search it as
- 웩 · 우웩 · 웩웩 · Korean ew · Korean yuck · Korean gagging sound · Korean disgust interjection
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
웩CSS
\C6E9Korean 2-set keyboard
On the standard Korean 2-set layout,
dnpr enters ㅇ ㅜ ㅔ ㄱ; Korean input software combines them into 웩.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
웩
HTML hex
웩
CSS content
content: "\C6E9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%9B%A9
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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.