Korean Symbols Copy & Paste

Copy Korean Hangul letters and sample syllables while learning the difference between jamo components, syllable blocks and complete words.

Review scope: The jamo and syllable distinction follows Unicode data, but this page is not certified by a named fluent Korean reviewer. Verify complete Korean text with a fluent speaker.

Copy korean symbols

114 characters and sequences. One tap copies the real code points.

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Korean Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes

A sample of 12 entries from the 114 on this page. Where two entries look the same, the name settles it. The HTML references beside each name reproduce the code-point sequence character for character.

Hangul Letter KiyeokU+3131ㄱ

Letter · decimal ㄱ

Hangul Letter KhieukhU+314Bㅋ

Letter · decimal ㅋ

Hangul Letter Nieun-HieuhU+3136ㄶ

Letter · decimal ㄶ

Hangul Letter Pieup-SiosU+3144ㅄ

Letter · decimal ㅄ

Hangul Letter YeU+3156ㅖ

Letter · decimal ㅖ

Hangul Letter YuU+3160ㅠ

Letter · decimal ㅠ

Hangul Letter Rieul-YeorinhieuhU+316Dㅭ

Letter · decimal ㅭ

Hangul Letter Pieup-ThieuthU+3177ㅷ

Letter · decimal ㅷ

Hangul Letter YesieungU+3181ㆁ

Letter · decimal ㆁ

Hangul Letter IU+3163ㅣ

Letter · decimal ㅣ

Parenthesized Hangul MieumU+3204㈄

Symbol · decimal ㈄

Hangul Syllable YuU+C720유

Letter · decimal 유

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Hangul jamo, syllable blocks and Korean words

Hangul jamo are components of Korean syllable blocks; use complete words when communicating meaning.

Hangul jamo are letter components that combine into syllable blocks. Copying isolated jamo is useful for study and reference; meaningful Korean communication requires complete, correctly spelled words. That amounts to 114 copyable values here — 113 of them one character long, 1 longer.

Names such as Hangul Letter Kiyeok, Hangul Letter Khieukh, Hangul Letter Nieun-Hieuh, Hangul Letter Pieup-Sios appear here, and counting every entry puts Hangul Letter Kiyeok (1), Hangul Letter Nieun (1), Hangul Letter Tikeut (1) at the top. Single-character values span U+3131 to U+C720.

Browse korean symbols by type

Hangul jamo letters

93 entries

사랑

Hangul syllable blocks

6 entries

What is actually in these korean symbols

Where korean symbols sit in the code space

Single-character entries cover U+3131 to U+C720, breaking down by general category as letter 99, symbol 14.

Name patterns that repeat

Counted across the stored entries, the commonest name patterns are Hangul Letter Kiyeok (1), Hangul Letter Nieun (1), Hangul Letter Tikeut (1).

How the multi-part entries are built

1 entries span more than one code point: 0 with a zero-width joiner, 0 with a variation selector, the longest running to 2 code points.

Narrowing it down

Two look almost the same: Hangul Letter Kiyeok and Hangul Letter Khieukh. They are different characters: U+3131 and U+314B. Start with hangul jamo letters.

It is the biggest group, with 93. Save hangul syllable blocks for when you mean exactly that. Test the result in the real app before you use it.

Individual Hangul jamo combine into syllable blocks. For meaningful Korean text, copy and check the complete word rather than decorating with isolated components.
99Letter

Letterforms borrowed for their shape. 87% here.

14Symbol

Standalone marks that follow your font. 12% here.

1Text sequence

Several characters copied in a fixed order. 1% here.

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Korean Symbols explained in plain English

Short summary

You can copy any of the 114 korean symbols below. Most of them, 93 in all, are hangul jamo letters. They come mostly from one part of Unicode: Enclosed CJK Letters and Months.

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How the 2 groups divide

They split into hangul jamo letters and hangul syllable blocks. Hangul jamo letters leads with 93.

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Which blocks they come from

They come from Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (14) and Hangul Syllables (7). They span U+3131 to U+C720, so no one font covers them all.

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Two that look alike

Hangul Letter Kiyeok and Hangul Letter Khieukh look alike. They are not the same character.

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1 entries are sequences

1 use more than one character. Copy the whole thing or it breaks.

Words that describe korean symbols

The vocabulary below comes from the formal names and groupings of these korean symbols.

  • Hangul jamo letters
  • Hangul syllable blocks
  • Korean
  • Hangul
  • Letters
  • Jamo
  • Kiyeok
  • Khieukh
  • Nieun-Hieuh
  • Pieup-Sios
  • Rieul-Yeorinhieuh
  • Pieup-Thieuth

How the groups differ

TypeExamplesGood forWatch for
Hangul jamo lettersㄱ ㄴ ㄷLanguage study and script referenceTreating isolated jamo as complete syllables
Hangul syllable blocks가 나 다Correct multilingual names and quotationsAssembling blocks by visual resemblance instead of spelling

What the korean symbols inventory actually contains

Every figure below is counted from the 114 entries stored for this page rather than estimated. The characters are drawn from Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (14) and Hangul Syllables (7).

GroupEntriesExamplesCode pointsUsual presentation
Hangul jamo letters93ㄱ ㄴ ㄷU+3131–U+3141Text presentation
Hangul syllable blocks6가 나 다U+AC00–U+C6C3Text presentation

Practical note: Presentation is the typical default. A variation selector, a specific font stack, or an application that overrides emoji rendering can change what you see after pasting.

Related reading

Compare these choices with japanese symbols and chinese symbols. For a deeper explanation, read How to Copy and Paste Symbols Safely. Short on time? Start with are writing-system characters decorative symbols?.

Tip: Keep the plain words next to the symbol. Text is what makes a design searchable and readable to someone using a screen reader.

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How to use korean symbols

Copying stores text, so the value survives the clipboard intact. Paste it with Ctrl V, ⌘ V or your device's Paste command.

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Language study and script reference

Start with Hangul Letter Kiyeok. It works nearly everywhere.

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Correct multilingual names and quotations

Hangul jamo letters suits correct multilingual names and quotations. Pick one whose stroke weight matches the text around it.

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Phonetic and transliteration work

When creating phonetic and transliteration work, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.

Copy-ready korean symbols examples for language study and script reference

Language study and script referenceㄱ Korean reference
Correct multilingual names and quotationsㄱ ㄴ ㄷ
Phonetic and transliteration workㄷ korean ㄱ

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Keyboard entry for korean symbols

Every character here has a numeric identity, and that number is what the keyboard methods use: decimal on a Windows keypad, hexadecimal in Word and on macOS.

CharacterNameWindowsHexHTML
Hangul Letter KiyeokAlt 125933131ㄱ
Hangul Letter KhieukhAlt 12619314Bㅋ
Hangul Letter Nieun-HieuhAlt 125983136ㄶ
Hangul Letter Pieup-SiosAlt 126123144ㅄ
Hangul Letter YeAlt 126303156ㅖ
Hangul Letter YuAlt 126403160ㅠ

The alt-code route requires a real keypad and cannot address anything above U+FFFF. A further 1 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. For the Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile detail, read the keyboard guide.

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How korean symbols render across fonts, apps and devices

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months is the main home for these, with 67% of the set. The rest come from Hangul Syllables. None of these are emoji.

Each one follows the colour and size of nearby text. 1 entries are made of several parts. Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart.

A pasted entry is redrawn by the receiving application's font. Expect small differences in width and weight across devices, and larger ones where a font lacks the character entirely.

113Single characters
1Sequences
0Emoji properties

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Common mistakes with korean symbols

  • 1

    Treating isolated jamo as complete syllables.

  • 2

    Assembling blocks by visual resemblance instead of spelling.

  • 3

    Publishing a Korean phrase without fluent review.

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Korean Symbols questions and answers

What is the difference between Hangul Letter Kiyeok and Hangul Letter Khieukh?+

U+3131 is Hangul Letter Kiyeok; U+314B is Hangul Letter Khieukh. Because the encoded identity differs, substituting one for the other can change what a reader or a piece of software understands.

What is the HTML code for hangul letter kiyeok?+

Write ㄱ (hex) or ㄱ (decimal) to get ㄱ. Numeric references sidestep encoding problems in older toolchains.

Do these korean symbols change colour with my text?+

Yes. None of the 114 entries on this page carry emoji properties, so each one inherits the colour, weight and size of the text around it, exactly like a letter does.

Why does one of these korean symbols split apart when I paste it?+

1 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.

Which Unicode block are these korean symbols in?+

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months holds most of them — 14 characters; the rest come from Hangul Syllables. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.

Which korean symbol should I choose?+

Two look almost the same: <b>Hangul Letter Kiyeok</b> and <b>Hangul Letter Khieukh</b>. They are different characters: U+3131 and U+314B. Start with <b>hangul jamo letters</b>. It is the biggest group, with <b>93</b>. Save hangul syllable blocks for when you mean exactly that. Test the result in the real app before you use it.

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Learn more about korean symbols

Two tools worth knowing about

Script characters travel with directional and joining marks that are invisible until you inspect them, which makes the inspector essential here.

To wrap one of these korean symbols around a word, build the line in the Symbol Maker. The full set of converters, inspectors and previews sits in the Unicode tools hub.

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How this page was built

These 114 entries are measured, not sampled or approximated. Formal names and categories come straight from the Unicode 17.0 database, with emoji status taken from the published emoji data rather than judged by eye.

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