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샊

hangul syllable saegg

Hangul Syllable Saegg

샊 is one Korean syllable, not a complete word by itself. Its meaning depends on the word it belongs to, so a message containing only 샊 leaves that word unclear.

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What 샊 means

It is one Korean syllable, not a word with its own definition. A Hangul block combines a starting consonant, a vowel, and sometimes a closing consonant; in 샊, those parts are ㅅ, ㅐ, and ㄲ.

Hangul's letters were created in 1443; the 1446 guide Hunminjeongeum explains their sounds and how they combine into syllables. The script gave Korean speech a systematic written form. Its square blocks arrange sound letters together, but Hangul letter shapes are not directly derived from Chinese characters.

The script's names also vary by time and region. The name Hangeul appears in the 1910s and was widely used by 1928; South Korea commonly uses Hangeul, North Korea prefers Choseongul, and Jeongum is a neutral name.

What does 샊 mean alone?

It gives too little context to identify a word. Ask which word or sentence it belongs to; the Korean text around it carries the intended meaning.

Neutral as part of Korean text; alone, 샊 reads as an unexplained syllable fragment.

Don't infer a full word from this syllable alone.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Within a Korean word
Read it as one syllable of the word; the surrounding syllables complete the meaning.
As the whole message
It does not identify a word by itself; ask which word or sentence was meant.

Questions people ask

1

Why does 샊 look different in different fonts?

Fonts can place and shape the parts of the same Hangul block differently. The character remains 샊.

How to type 샊

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType C0CA, then Alt+X to get 샊.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “hangul syllable saegg”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType c0ca, then Enter or Space.
HTML
샊
CSS
\C0CA
Korean input for 샊
Enter ㅅ, then ㅐ, then ㄲ; a Korean Hangul input method joins them into one syllable block.
Unicode normalization
NFC, Unicode's composed form, combines 샊 into 샊; ㅅㅐㄲ is a different code-point sequence.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
샊
HTML hex
샊
CSS content
content: "\C0CA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%83%8A
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

2

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