Hangul syllable jjyoss

It supplies a syllable; its Korean word supplies the meaning.

Hangul is the Korean writing system, and each block groups letters into one syllable. 쭀 combines initial consonant ㅉ, vowel ㅛ, and final ㅆ. At the end of a syllable, ㅆ sounds like a t held without release. The block gives a sound; the Korean word around it gives that sound a meaning.

The earliest record of Hangul's creation is dated 1443; its explanatory book, Hunminjeongeum, appeared in 1446. Hangul was designed to represent Korean speech in a writing system ordinary people could learn. Earlier Korean writing methods such as Idu, Hyangchal, and Gugyeol adapted Chinese characters to write Korean. Hangul gained official-document status in 1894. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, writers debated using Hangul alone or mixing it with Hanja, Chinese characters used in Korean writing. This is the script's history, not a special meaning for 쭀.

How do I type 쭀?

Use a Korean input method; enter ㅉ + ㅛ + ㅆ.

On the standard two-set QWERTY layout, press Shift+W, Y, Shift+T. The Korean input method combines the jamo as you type; if they stay separate, switch the input mode from English to Korean.

Unicode's decomposed form writes the same syllable as 쭀, a sequence of linked jamo. Software varies in how well it shapes these letters into a block; as of 2026-10-09, Unicode describes support as less broad than basic glyph composition, although modern browsers generally support the shaping features.