What 쯔 means
It has no fixed meaning by itself.
It combines consonant ᄍ (the tightly pronounced ㅉ) with vowel ᅳ (ㅡ); a Korean input method joins them into one syllable block.
Hangul was first recorded in 1443; the 1446 guide Hunminjeongeum documented its purpose and design.
Why does 쯔 appear in names?
In names, 쯔 spells a sound rather than a separate definition.
JYP's artist page spells singer Tzuyu's name 쯔위 as of 2026.
Korean guidance prescribed 쓰 for Japanese つ in 2008; a 2018 listening study found neither 쯔 nor 츠 a clean match.
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Who writes 쯔
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 쯔 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 쯔
- Search it as
- jjeu · 쯔 · 쯔위 · tsu · 츠 · 쓰
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
쯔\CBD4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.