What 웦 means
The Korean word or name around it supplies its meaning.
Hangul writes each spoken syllable as a compact block of letters. In 웦, ㅇ is the initial, ㅝ the vowel, and ㅍ the final consonant. On the Dubeolsik layout, D, N, J and V enter those parts; N and J combine into ㅝ.
Why are Korean syllables written in blocks?
Hangul packs the parts of a spoken syllable into one written block. The key dates are 1443 and 1446: the first record of Hunminjeongeum dates to 1443, and the book explaining Hangul’s principles was published in 1446. Hangul was designed for Korean as spoken in Joseon, a Korean dynasty.
Before Hangul, systems such as Idu, Gugyeol and Hyangchal adapted Chinese characters to write Korean; they were difficult to use. The name Hangeul became widely used by 1928.
How do I type 웦?
Use the Korean Dubeolsik keyboard layout. On a standard QWERTY keyboard, press D, N, J and V for ㅇ, ㅜ, ㅓ and ㅍ. The IME combines ㅜ and ㅓ into ㅝ, then adds ㅍ at the end of the syllable.
Unicode can represent this syllable as one precomposed block or as a sequence of conjoining jamo, the individual Hangul letters that join into a block. The sequence preserves the same initial, vowel and final.
Neutral as a written syllable; the surrounding Korean word or sentence sets its tone.
Alone, 웦 gives no clear meaning; read it with the Korean word or name around it.
Questions people ask
1Why does 웦 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 웦
웦\C6E6Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
