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셎

hangul syllable sej

Hangul syllable Sej

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셎 is a Korean Hangul syllable, and its meaning comes from the Korean word or sentence around it. As of 2026-09-13, it had no established standalone chat or folk meaning. A Korean input method builds it from ㅅ ㅔ ㅈ.

Text symbol

What 셎 means

Read it within the Korean word or sentence. 셎 is a single Hangul syllable block; its place in that text tells you what it contributes.

Where did the script behind 셎 come from?

Hangul was designed to write Korean more directly. Its earliest surviving announcement is dated 1443; the 1446 text Hunminjeongeum explained the new writing system. Hangul represented Korean more directly than Chinese characters and widened access beyond the elite trained in them. Buddhist texts, popular novels, and official documents helped move it from an alternative writing tool into public writing.

The proposed influence of Phags-pa, a square phonetic script for languages under Mongol rule, remains debated. Some Korean scholars argue that it influenced parts of Hunminjeongeum, especially its vowel design. This is a proposed link between script traditions, not evidence that 셎 itself was copied from Phags-pa.

Neutral as Korean text; it is not a ready-made chat reaction.

Don't treat it as an emoji reaction; read it as Korean text.

Who writes 셎

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Questions people ask

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Is 셎 an emoji?

No. It is a Hangul text syllable, so apps draw it from a font instead of using emoji artwork.

Why does 셎 look different in two apps?

Different fonts can draw 셎 differently, so its appearance can vary while the text character stays the same.

How to type or find 셎

Search it as
셎 meaning · 셎 Korean · sej · U+C14E · Hangul · Korean keyboard · Korean IME · Hangul jamo
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C14E, then AltX to get 셎.
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 sej”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c14e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
셎
CSS
\C14E
Korean input method
Enter ㅅ, then ㅔ, then ㅈ in a Korean input method; it assembles them into 셎.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
셎
HTML hex
셎
CSS content
content: "\C14E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%85%8E
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

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols

Korean syllables11,623 symbols