Korean
symbols
Hangul letters used as faces and decorations, with a table that explains every jamo face.
Hangul letters used as faces and decorations, with a table that explains every jamo face.
Tap a symbol to copy it. A yellow dot means it can look different in some apps (for example it may turn into an emoji). A red dot means at least one system we measured has no glyph for it and may show a box. No dot means it passed our Android and Windows checks.
Jamo faces explained
These faces use Hangul letters (jamo) for their shapes: a round letter looks like an eye, a small pointed one like a nose or mouth. The table shows the real Unicode name of every letter used, so you can see what you are copying. Tap a face to copy it.
| Face | Letters in it |
|---|---|
| ㅇ = ieung; ㅅ = sios; ㅇ = ieung | |
| ㅠ = yu; ㅠ = yu | |
| ㅜ = u; ㅜ = u | |
| ㅋ = khieukh; ㅋ = khieukh; ㅋ = khieukh | |
| ㅎ = hieuh; ㅎ = hieuh | |
| ㅅ = sios | |
| ㅅ = sios | |
| ㅇ = ieung; ㅁ = mieum; ㅇ = ieung | |
| ㅍ = phieuph; ㅅ = sios; ㅍ = phieuph | |
| ㆍ = araea; ㅅ = sios; ㆍ = araea | |
| ㅇ = ieung; ㅇ = ieung | |
| ㅎ = hieuh; ㅅ = sios; ㅎ = hieuh | |
| ㅡ = eu; ㅅ = sios; ㅡ = eu | |
| ㅠ = yu; ㅅ = sios; ㅠ = yu |
Hangul letters
Single letters and marks. The name under each is its Unicode name.
Circled and bracketed Hangul
Enclosed letters for a bubble look.
Emoji
Real emoji that show in colour.
Jamo faces
Hangul is built from small letter parts called jamo. Some of them have shapes that look like parts of a face: a round letter looks like an eye, and a small pointed one looks like a nose or a mouth. Put three together and you get a tiny face. The table at the top shows each face and the real Unicode name of every letter in it, so you can see what you are copying.
Because these are real letters, a Korean reader may read them as letters first. Use a face for its look unless you know the language.
More Hangul marks
The Hangul letters group has single jamo letters and vowels with their Unicode names. The circled and bracketed group has enclosed letters, which have a bubble look. Both were checked against the system fonts of Android and Windows, and two emoji at the end are marked as emoji.
Hangul letters are a separate alphabet, so a screen reader may announce them by name. That is fine for a decoration, but do not use them where you need a reader to see a Latin word. See also Japanese symbols.
Questions
What are jamo?
The building-block letters of Hangul, the Korean alphabet.
Why does the face use letters?
Some jamo have round or pointed shapes that look like eyes and mouths.
Do Korean symbols work on every phone?
Most passed our test on Android and Windows. The two emoji at the end can look different.
Can I use them in a username?
Usually not. Usernames take plain letters and numbers.