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셂

hangul syllable selm

Hangul syllable selm

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On a Korean 2-set keyboard, press t, p, f, then a in a Korean input method to form 셂 as one Hangul syllable block. Its letters are ㅅ, ㅔ, ㄹ, and ㅁ; the final pair ㄻ is a Korean consonant cluster. In Korean writing, the surrounding spelling gives the block its word-level meaning.

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What 셂 means

On a Korean 2-set keyboard, press t, p, f, then a.

With Korean input active, the input method maps those keys to ㅅ, ㅔ, ㄹ, and ㅁ, joining the last two as the final consonant cluster ㄻ. If the letters stay separate, syllable composition may be off or the keyboard may be in another mode.

What does 셂 mean?

It is one syllable block in the Korean writing system.

Hangul is the Korean writing system; its component letters, called jamo, join to form syllable blocks. This block is a spelling unit, and the surrounding Korean spelling supplies a word's meaning.

Hangul's creation is recorded in 1443; the explanatory guide Hunminjeongeum appeared in 1446. The script was designed to fit Korean sounds and be easier to learn.

Hangul is the usual name in South Korea; North Korea prefers Choseongul for the same script. Modern Korean usually writes a syllable as one joined block, while sequences of separate jamo can also represent older Korean syllables.

Neutral technical text; the block carries no built-in emotional tone.

Read a lone message as a character test or input question; no conventional standalone use was established as of 2026-09-13.

Who writes 셂

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What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings

One syllable block; the surrounding spelling supplies the word's meaning.

Don't confuse it with

3

셀ㅁ 셂 is one composed block; 셀ㅁ is a block followed by a separate ㅁ letter.

Questions people ask

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Why does 셂 look different in another font?

Font choice changes its strokes. Unicode 17.0's reference glyph is not prescriptive, so another Hangul font may look different without changing the character.

How to type or find 셂

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selm · 셂 · Korean syllable block · Hangul jamo · ㄻ · Korean 2-set keyboard · Korean IME · type 셂
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType C142, then AltX to get 셂.
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 selm”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType c142, then Enter or Space.
HTML
셂
CSS
\C142
Korean 2-set
With Korean input active, press t, p, f, a in order; the input method composes the block.
Separate jamo
Enter ㅅ, ㅔ, ㄹ, and ㅁ in order; a Korean input method may join them into 셂 or leave them separate.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
셂
HTML hex
셂
CSS content
content: "\C142";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EC%85%82
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

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