Hangul syllable cet

It is one Hangul syllable block, and its meaning depends on the word. The block joins three Hangul letters, called jamo: ㅊ at the start, ㅔ as the vowel, and ㅌ at the end. The surrounding Korean word makes clear what the syllable means.

By itself, 쳍 has no established standalone word or fixed chat use as of September 2026. Read it as part of a Korean word rather than as a complete message.

Hangul was designed to represent Korean speech more directly and make writing easier than Chinese-character writing. Its earliest record is from the twelfth lunar month of 1443; the Hunminjeongeum explanatory manuscript was published in 1446 and explains the letters and their initial, middle, and final positions in a syllable block. Earlier methods called Hyangchal, Gugyeol, and Idu used Chinese characters to write Korean; they are predecessors in the same writing problem, not visual ancestors of 쳍. Hangul later became everyday Korean writing. As of 2026, South Korea generally calls the script Hangul, while North Korea prefers Chosŏn'gŭl; neither name changes this syllable's meaning.

How do I type 쳍?

With a Korean input method, enter ㅊ, ㅔ, and ㅌ in that order.

On standard Dubeolsik, switch on Korean input and press the physical keys c, p, x: c enters ㅊ, p enters ㅔ, and x enters final ㅌ. The input method joins them as 쳍; in Latin input they remain cpx.

The syllable can be represented as precomposed 쳍 or as its equivalent three-jamo sequence. Fonts may change the block's proportions and strokes, and the two text forms can follow different rendering paths.