Quick, creative AI video generation for social media. When Korean users type 피카 (pi-ka) on a QWERTY keyboard still set to English, the keys produce vlzk. This page explains the mapping and how to make the most of Pika as a Korean user.
On the standard Korean 두벌식 (2-set) layout, typing while the input is still in English mode maps each Korean character to a specific QWERTY key. The Korean name 피카 is typed as these keys:
Put together: 피카 typed in English mode spells vlzk. Korean users searching for Pika who forget to press the 한/영 key first land on this search term — and Google's intent matching now routes many of these searches to Pika results.
Pika is a text-to-video and image-to-video AI focused on short, creative clips ideal for social media. Its key differentiator is the 'modify region' feature that lets you paint over part of an existing video and replace only that section with AI-generated content — a form of video inpainting. Pika also introduced 'Pikaffects', stylised transformation effects applied to real footage.
Korean Instagram and TikTok creators use Pika for quick animated content — the interface is simpler than Runway or Kling, making it popular with non-technical creators. Pikaffects like 'melt', 'deflate', and 'crumple' have gone viral in Korean creator communities as a novel way to transform 셀카 (selfies) and product shots into eye-catching videos.