Meet ZZXXCCVV: sites that start under your left hand

This is the first post on the ZZXXCCVV Blog.

ZZXXCCVV is a family of websites that each do something different: games, trending videos, learning, everyday tools and trips. Each site runs on its own, and the portal at zzxxccvv.com brings them together in one place.

On this blog we look at the sites one at a time: what you can do on each, and where to click first. This first post is the map. Some ZZXXCCVV sites are only in Korean, so this post lists the ones you can use in this language.

Named after four keys

ZZXXCCVV comes from Z, X, C and V, the four keys under your left hand on a keyboard. The portal sorts the sites into five groups: Play, Watch, Learn, Use and Explore. This post follows that order.

Play

Ppooing: casual games, nothing to install

Ppooing is a collection of casual games you play right in your browser, with no install and no login. Browse by genre, such as puzzle, shooting or racing, or open "By mood" and pick a course such as "Just Five Minutes". You can mark favorites and jump back into games you played recently. According to the site, a game you have played once usually opens again without an internet connection.

🎮ZZXXCCVV sitePpooingFree casual games — nothing to installOpen ↗

Ddolketmon: a Pokédex, plus games

Ddolketmon lets you look up Pokémon from Generations 1 to 9 and play mini-games. There is a silhouette quiz, a card-matching game, AI Twenty Questions, and games like battle, volleyball and racing, along with a type matchup chart and a daily challenge. It is an unofficial fan site with no connection to the official Pokémon companies.

⚡ZZXXCCVV siteDdolketmonA Pokédex, plus gamesOpen ↗

Typedome: typing games in English, Korean and Japanese

Typedome has nine free typing games in three groups: ARENA, SURVIVAL and KIDS. You can practice in English, Korean or Japanese (typed in romaji), and you play anonymously, with no account. ARENA games have online leaderboards; the KIDS games have no leaderboard and no nickname field. When you choose your language, the game screen switches to it, while the how-to text below each game is in Korean.

⌨️ZZXXCCVV siteTypedomeFree typing games in English, Korean and JapaneseOpen ↗

Watch

Trenvid: trending YouTube videos, country by country

Trenvid brings together trending YouTube videos from 11 countries. Switch between countries and categories to compare them, and follow the daily charts and weekly recaps. The charts are collected every four hours, and TV mode lets you play trending videos on a computer or TV while you switch countries from your phone.

📈ZZXXCCVV siteTrenvidTrending YouTube videos from around the worldOpen ↗

Learn

Korean Out Loud: learn Korean from real videos

Korean Out Loud is a place to learn Korean grammar from sentences Koreans actually say, in YouTube videos with subtitles written by people, not generated automatically. Pick a grammar point or a course, hear it in real scenes, say it back or write it down, and review it a few days later. There is no sign-up.

🇰🇷ZZXXCCVV siteKorean Out LoudLearn Korean through YouTube videosOpen ↗

Aha!So: hard ideas, one everyday comparison at a time

Aha!So is a plain-language encyclopedia that explains ideas you have heard of but would struggle to explain, each with an everyday comparison. It covers four areas: science, economy, everyday life and tech. Every article moves from the comparison to common misconceptions to a one-line takeaway, and there are long reads that follow the history of a single topic, such as insurance.

💡ZZXXCCVV siteAha!SoHard ideas explained with one everyday comparisonOpen ↗

Use

Utilizy: web tools that run in your browser

Utilizy gathers more than 80 free web tools you use with no install and no sign-up. Find the ones you need by category: a word counter, image resizing, compression and background removal, merging and splitting PDFs, calculators and more. According to the site, your files and text are processed on your own device and never uploaded to a server.

🧰ZZXXCCVV siteUtilizyFree web tools that run right in your browserOpen ↗

Explore

PICNICI Global: day trips around Korea

PICNICI Global is a free guide to traveling in Korea. Browse trip courses, or look up places by region and category, then check the map and directions. Place information comes from the Korea Tourism Organization, and there is no login.

🌏ZZXXCCVV sitePICNICI GlobalKorea day-trip courses for visitorsOpen ↗

Traffic Cast: Korea's transit on one moving map

Traffic Cast shows Korea's subways, buses, trains and flights moving on a single map. Pick what to watch, tap a vehicle to follow it, or search a station to see what is coming. The site is clear that the map is a flow drawn from live positions, timetables and headways, not exact positions.

🚇ZZXXCCVV siteTraffic CastKorea’s subways, buses, trains and flights, moving on one mapOpen ↗

Where to start

If you want to	Try
Take a short break	Ppooing · Ddolketmon
Practice typing	Typedome
See what people are watching	Trenvid
Learn Korean	Korean Out Loud
Finally understand a tricky idea	Aha!So
Get a quick task done in your browser	Utilizy
Plan a day trip in Korea	PICNICI Global
Watch Korea's trains and buses move	Traffic Cast

Coming up

From the next post on, we take a closer look at one site at a time, starting with Ppooing, the casual games you play with nothing to install.